JP2018158735A - Cap unit and container with cap - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cap unit capable of further improving usability. By sliding a slide member 18 toward one side in the slide direction while pressing one end side of the slide member 18, the slide portion 20 is relatively relative to the inclined surface 18c of the rack portion 18a. While moving, the lid is rotated in the direction of opening the liquid passage port against the urging of the urging member, while the pressure on one end side of the slide member 18 is released, and the slide member 18 is moved in the sliding direction. By sliding toward the other side, the sliding portion 20 moves relatively downward from the inclined surface 18c of the rack portion 18a, while the lid urged by the urging member closes the liquid passage port. Is rotated to. [Selection diagram] Fig. 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a cap unit and a container with a cap.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a cap unit that is detachably attached to a mouth / neck portion of a container body having an upper opening (see, for example, Patent Document 1). On the top of the cap unit, a lid that opens and closes a liquid passage serving as a drinking or pouring spout is rotatably attached via a hinge portion. Further, the lid body is urged in the opening direction by an urging member provided in the hinge portion. On the other hand, the cap unit is provided with a lid lock mechanism for fixing the lid at a position where the lid closes the liquid passage port.

  In a container with a cap such as a beverage container provided with such a cap unit, by releasing the fixation of the lid body by the lid lock mechanism, the lid body is rotated by the urging force of the urging member, and the liquid passage port Will be open. Thereby, it is possible to drink the beverage in the container body.

JP 2002-102078 A

  By the way, in a container with a cap provided with the cap unit described above, when the lid body vigorously rotates in the opening direction due to the urging of the urging member, the residual liquid adhering to the lid body may be scattered around. It was. On the other hand, it is difficult to adjust the speed of the lid body rotated in the opening direction by the urging force of the urging member. Therefore, it is impossible to open the lid slowly or to open the lid halfway with one hand while holding the container body.

  Furthermore, the operation of fixing the lid body to the cap body by the lid lock mechanism while rotating the lid body against the urging force of the urging member can be performed with one hand while holding the container body. Have difficulty.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of such a conventional situation, and a cap unit capable of further improving usability by improving operability when opening and closing the lid, and such An object of the present invention is to provide a container with a cap provided with a simple cap unit.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following means.
[1] A cap unit that is detachably attached to the mouth and neck of a container body having an open top,
A cap body that closes the upper opening of the container body and is provided with a liquid passage port;
A lid that opens and closes the liquid passage port in a state of being rotatably attached to the cap body;
A lid opening and closing mechanism for manually opening and closing the lid,
The lid opening / closing mechanism includes a slide member slidably attached to the cap body;
An urging member that urges the lid in a direction to close the liquid passage port;
And it has a structure in which the slide part provided in the lid is slidable on the inclined surface of the rack part provided in the slide member,
By sliding the slide member toward one side of the slide direction while pressing one end side of the slide member, the slide part moves relatively in the direction of going up the inclined surface of the rack part. While the lid is rotated in a direction to open the liquid passage opening against the biasing of the biasing member,
By releasing the pressure on the one end side of the slide member and sliding the slide member toward the other side of the slide direction, the slide portion moves relatively in the direction of going down the inclined surface of the rack portion, The cap unit, wherein the lid body urged by the urging member is rotated in a direction to close the liquid passage port.
[2] The cap unit according to [1], wherein one end side of the slide member is located on the same side as the side of the cap body on which the lid body is rotatably attached.
[3] A cover member rotatably attached to the cap body,
The cover member is pivoted between a position covering the upper part of the liquid passage opening and a position opening the upper part of the liquid passage opening in conjunction with sliding of the slide member. The cap unit according to [1] or [2].
[4] When the rack gear provided on the slide member and the pinion gear provided on the cover member are engaged with each other, the cover member is rotated in conjunction with the slide of the slide member. The cap unit according to [3], characterized in that:
[5] The cap according to any one of [1] to [4], wherein the cap is detachably attached to the cap body and includes a mouth forming member that forms the liquid passage port. unit.
[6] The cap unit according to any one of [1] to [5],
A container with a cap comprising a container body to which the cap unit is attached.
[7] The container with a cap according to [6], wherein the container body has a vacuum heat insulating structure.

  As described above, according to the present invention, by improving the operability when opening and closing the lid, the cap unit that can be further improved in usability, and a cap-equipped container including such a cap unit Can be provided.

It is a perspective view which shows the obstruction | occlusion state of the cap unit with which the container with a cap which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is provided. It is a side view which shows the obstruction | occlusion state of the cap unit with which the container with a cap shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the obstruction | occlusion state of the cap unit with which the container with a cap shown in FIG. It is a front view which shows the obstruction | occlusion state of the cap unit with which the container with a cap shown in FIG. It is a top view which shows the obstruction | occlusion state of the cap unit with which the container with a cap shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the open state of the cap unit with which the container with a cap shown in FIG. 1 is provided. It is a side view which shows the open state of the cap unit with which the container with a cap shown in FIG. 1 is provided. It is sectional drawing which shows the open state of the cap unit with which the container with a cap shown in FIG. 1 is provided. It is a front view which shows the open state of the cap unit with which the container with a cap shown in FIG. 1 is provided. It is a top view which shows the open state of the cap unit with which the container with a cap shown in FIG. 1 is provided.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
As one embodiment of the present invention, for example, a capped container 100 including the cap unit 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 10 will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a closed state of the cap unit 1 included in the container 100 with a cap. FIG. 2 is a side view showing the closed state. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the closed state. FIG. 4 is a front view showing the closed state. FIG. 5 is a top view showing the closed state. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the opened state. FIG. 7 is a side view showing the opened state. FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing the opened state. FIG. 9 is a front view showing the opened state. FIG. 10 is a top view showing the opened state.

  The container 100 with a cap of this embodiment is provided with the cap unit 1 of this embodiment and the container main body 2 to which this cap unit 1 is detachably attached, as shown in FIGS. The cap-equipped container 100 is a beverage container that can retain or cool the beverage (contents) stored in the container body 2 by the container body 2 having a vacuum heat insulating structure.

  Specifically, the container body 2 includes a bottomed cylindrical outer container 3 and an inner container 4 made of, for example, stainless steel, and the mouth portions of the container body 2 are disposed in a state in which the inner container 4 is accommodated inside the outer container 3. It consists of a double-structured container that is joined. A vacuum heat insulating layer 5 is provided between the outer container 3 and the inner container 4. The vacuum heat insulating layer 5 can be formed, for example, by closing a deaeration hole provided at the center of the bottom surface of the outer container 3 in a chamber that is depressurized (evacuated) to a high vacuum.

  The container body 2 includes a substantially circular bottom surface portion 2a, a body portion 2b that rises in a substantially cylindrical shape from the outer periphery of the bottom surface portion 2a, and a substantially cylindrical mouth and neck portion 2c that is reduced in diameter on the upper side of the body portion 2b. And have. Further, the upper end portion of the mouth-and-neck portion 2 c opens in a circular shape as the upper opening portion 2 d of the container body 2. In addition, the inner peripheral surface of the mouth / neck portion 2c is smaller in diameter than the inner peripheral surface of the body portion 2b. Furthermore, the ring-shaped overhang | projection part 6 is provided in the inner peripheral surface of the mouth neck part 2c so that it may protrude over the perimeter.

  In addition, although the container 100 with a cap of this embodiment has the substantially cylindrical external appearance shape as a whole, it does not specifically limit about the external appearance shape of the container 100 with a cap, Size, a design, etc. In addition, it is possible to make appropriate changes. The outer peripheral surface of the container body 2 may be painted or printed.

  The cap unit 1 of the present embodiment constitutes a plug that closes the upper opening 2 d of the container body 2. Specifically, the cap unit 1 includes a cap body 7 and a lid body 9 that is rotatably attached to the cap body 7 via a first hinge portion 8.

  In the following description, the side on which the lid 9 is attached to the cap body 7 to be described later via the first hinge portion 8 is referred to as the “rear side (rear side)” of the cap-equipped container 100, and the opposite side is It will be described as “front side (front side)” of the cap-equipped container 100.

  The cap body 7 is made of a heat resistant resin such as polypropylene. The cap body 7 has a peripheral wall portion 7a formed in a substantially cylindrical shape so as to be continuous with the body portion 2b of the container main body 2, and a substantially disk-shaped upper wall portion 7b that closes the upper portion of the peripheral wall portion 7a. ing.

  The cap body 7 is detachably attached to the mouth neck 2c of the container body 2 by screwing. For this reason, the internal thread part 10 is provided in the internal peripheral surface of the surrounding wall part 7a. On the other hand, a male screw portion 11 to be screwed with the female screw portion 10 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth / neck portion 2c.

  On the upper part of the cap body 7, a liquid inlet 12 serving as a drinking mouth or a spout is provided. The liquid passage port 12 has a hole 12 a having a circular cross section that penetrates the vicinity of the center of the upper portion of the cap body 7. The liquid passage port 12 has a tapered wide-mouthed portion 12b that gradually increases in diameter upward from the hole portion 12a. Further, the liquid passage port 12 has a flange portion 12c that protrudes upward from the upper wall portion 7b from one end (front end) side of the wide mouth portion 12b. In the cap unit 1, it is possible to easily drink or pour the beverage (contents) flowing out from the container main body 2 through the liquid inlet 12 by providing the liquid inlet 12 having such a shape.

  A water-stop packing 13 is detachably attached to the inner lower end of the cap body 7. The waterstop packing 13 is a ring-shaped seal member, and is made of an elastic member such as rubber having heat resistance such as silicone rubber or elastomer. On the other hand, a flange portion 7c is provided at the lower end portion inside the cap body 7 so as to protrude in the diameter increasing direction. The water stop packing 13 is fitted over the entire circumference of the flange portion 7c.

  In addition, a plurality of (two in the present embodiment) elastic flange portions 13 a arranged in the vertical direction are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the water stop packing 13 so as to protrude in the diameter increasing direction. When the cap body 7 is attached to the mouth-and-neck part 2c of the container body 2, the water-stopping packing 13 is in close contact with the overhang part 6 of the container body 2 while the elastic flange part 13a is elastically deformed. It will be in the state. Thereby, it is possible to seal between the overhang | projection part 6 (container main body 2) and the cap main body 7. FIG.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the water stop packing 13 has the lower elastic flange portion 13 a in contact with the top side of the overhanging portion 6 and the upper elastic flange portion 13 a in contact with the entry side of the overhanging portion 6. Thereby, the airtightness between the overhang | projection part 6 (container main body 2) and the cap main body 7 can be improved.

  On the other hand, the water-stop packing 13 can be removed from the flange portion 7c by elastically deforming (stretching and extending) itself. Thereby, the water stop packing 13 and the cap main body 7 can be separately cleaned, and the space between the water stop packing 13 and the flange portion 7c can be kept hygienic.

  In addition, about the water stop packing 13, it is not necessarily limited to the thing of the shape mentioned above, For example, about the number of the elastic flange parts 13a, it is not restricted to the two mentioned above, but shall be 1 or 3 or more. It is also possible. Moreover, the water stop packing 13 is not necessarily limited to the structure provided with the elastic flange part 13a mentioned above, It can change suitably about the shape etc.

  The first hinge portion 8 is provided on the rear side surface of the cap body 7. The first hinge portion 8 rotatably supports the base end (rear end) side of the lid body 9 arranged along the front-rear direction of the cap body 7.

  The lid body 9 opens and closes the liquid passage port 12 and is made of a heat resistant resin such as polypropylene (PP). The lid body 9 includes a lid portion 9 a that covers the upper part of the liquid passage port 12 and a plug portion 9 b that closes the inside of the liquid passage port 12. The lid portion 9a is formed in a substantially flat plate. The plug portion 9b is provided so as to protrude downward from the distal end side of the lid portion 9a.

  A lid packing 14 is detachably attached to the distal end (lower end) of the plug portion 9b. The lid packing 14 is a bottomed cylindrical sealing member, and is made of an elastic member such as rubber or elastomer having heat resistance such as silicone rubber, as with the water-stop packing 13. On the inner peripheral surface of the lid packing 14, a ring-shaped protrusion 14a is provided over the entire circumference. Moreover, the lower surface of the lid packing 14 is formed in a dome shape. On the other hand, a ring-shaped groove 9c is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the plug portion 9b over the entire circumference.

  The lid packing 14 is in a state in which the protrusion 14a is engaged with the groove 9c by fitting the plug 9b inside. Thereby, it is possible to attach the cover packing 14 to the front-end | tip (lower end) of the plug part 9b.

  When the lid 9 closes the liquid inlet 12 of the cap body 7, the lid packing 14 is in close contact with the periphery of the hole 12 a of the liquid inlet 12 while being elastically deformed. Thereby, it is possible to seal (close) the space between the liquid passage port 12 and the plug portion 9b.

  On the other hand, the lid packing 14 can also be detached from the plug portion 9b (lid body 9). Thereby, the lid packing 14 and the plug portion 9b (lid body 9) can be cleaned separately, and the space between the lid packing 14 and the plug portion 9b (lid body 9) can be kept hygienic.

  The cap unit 1 includes a mouth forming member 15 that forms the liquid passing port 12. The mouth forming member 15 is made of a heat-resistant resin such as polypropylene, for example, and has a hole portion 12a, a wide mouth portion 12b, and a flange portion 12c that constitute the liquid passage port 12 described above. On the other hand, an opening 7 d corresponding to the mouth forming member 15 is provided in the upper portion (upper wall portion 7 b) of the cap body 7. The mouth forming member 15 is detachably attached to the cap body 7 via a detachable mechanism (not shown) in a state of being fitted into the opening 7d of the cap body 7. In addition, about a removal | desorption mechanism, it does not specifically limit, It can attach detachably using a conventionally well-known mechanism.

  The cap unit 1 includes a lid opening / closing mechanism 16 for manually opening and closing the lid body 9. The lid opening / closing mechanism 16 includes a slide member 18 that is slidably attached to the cap body 7 via a guide portion 17, and a biasing member 19 that biases the lid 9 in a direction to close the liquid passage port 12. doing.

  The guide portion 17 is provided on the upper surface (upper wall portion 7b) of the cap body 7. The guide portions 17 are located on both sides of the liquid passage port 12 and support the slide member 18 slidably in the front-rear direction of the cap body 7 while holding both side ends of the slide member 18.

  The slide member 18 is made of a heat-resistant resin such as polypropylene (PP), for example, and has a pair of rack portions 18a that form both side ends along the slide direction. The slide member 18 is slidable in the front-rear direction of the cap body 7 by holding a pair of rack portions 18 a arranged in parallel with the liquid passage port 12 therebetween, by the guide portion 17.

  Further, the slide member 18 has an operation portion 18b connected on the rear end (one end) side of the pair of rack portions 18a. That is, the slide member 18 is pushed forward (one side) in the sliding direction by pressing the operation portion 18b forward from the same side as the rear end side of the cap body 7 provided with the first hinge portion 8. It is possible to slide towards.

  An upper surface of the pair of rack portions 18a is provided with an inclined surface 18c that is inclined upward from the front end side toward the rear end side. On the other hand, the lid body 9 is provided with a slide portion 20 that is slidably contactable with the inclined surface 18c. The slide portion 20 includes a pair of slide pins 20 a that protrude outward from both side ends of the upper portion of the lid body 9.

  The urging member 19 includes a spring receiving portion 7e provided on the upper portion of the cap body 7 so as to face the lid body 9 and a coil spring disposed in a compressed state between the lid body 9 and the coil spring. The lid body 9 biases the liquid passage port 12 in the closing direction.

  The cap unit 1 includes a cover member 22 that is rotatably attached to the cap body 7 via the second hinge portion 21. The cover member 22 is interlocked with the slide of the slide member 18 to be described later, and includes a position that covers the upper portion of the collar portion 12c (fluid inlet 12) and a position that opens the upper portion of the collar portion 12c (fluid inlet 12). It is possible to turn between.

  The second hinge portion 21 is provided at the upper end portion on both sides of the slide member 18 of the cap body 7. The 2nd hinge part 21 is supporting the base end (rear end) side of the cover member 22 arrange | positioned along the front-back direction of the cap main body 7 so that rotation is possible.

  The cover member 22 is made of a heat resistant resin such as polypropylene (PP), for example, and has a cap shape that covers the upper portion of the cap body 7. In the present embodiment, in order to make it easier to see the inside of the cover member 22, a part of the cover member 22 is notched.

  A rack gear 23 is provided on the slide member 18. On the other hand, the cover member 22 is provided with a pinion gear 24 that meshes with the rack gear 23. The rack gear 23 is formed along the outer surface of the pair of rack portions 18a. The pinion gear 24 is located inside the second hinge portion 21 and is formed around the central axis of the second hinge portion 21. The cover member 22 is rotatable in conjunction with the slide of the slide member 18 by meshing the rack gear 23 and the pinion gear 24.

  The lid opening / closing mechanism 16 slides the slide member 18 toward the front (one side) in the sliding direction while pressing the rear end (one end) side of the slide member 18 against the bias of the biasing member 19. As a result, the slide pin 20a (slide part 20) moves relative to the inclined surface 18c while sliding on the inclined surface 18c of the rack part 18a. Thereby, the lid body 9 is rotated in a direction (hereinafter referred to as an opening direction) for opening the liquid passage port 12 against the urging of the urging member 19. At the same time, the cover member 22 is rotated in a direction to open the upper portion of the flange portion 12c (fluid inlet 12) around the second hinge portion 21 as an axis.

  On the other hand, in the lid opening / closing mechanism 16, the slide member 18 is slid toward the rear side (the other side) in the sliding direction by the urging of the urging member 19 by releasing the pressure on the rear end (one end) side of the slide member 18. By doing so, the slide pin 20a (slide part 20) moves relative to the downward direction of the inclined surface 18c while making sliding contact with the inclined surface 18c of the rack part 18a. As a result, the lid 9 is rotated in a direction (hereinafter referred to as a closing direction) in which the liquid passing port 12 is closed by the biasing of the biasing member 19. At the same time, the cover member 22 is rotated in a direction to close the upper portion of the flange portion 12c (fluid inlet 12) around the second hinge portion 21 as an axis.

  As described above, in the cap unit 1 of the present embodiment, the lid body 9 can be manually opened and closed by operating the lid opening / closing mechanism 16 described above. Moreover, in the container 100 with a cap provided with this cap unit 1, operation which opens the cover body 9 slowly or opens the cover body 9 to the middle can be performed with one hand while holding the container main body 2.

  As described above, in the cap unit 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to improve the operability when opening and closing the lid body 9. Therefore, in the container 100 with a cap provided with such a cap unit 1, it is possible to further improve the usability.

  In addition, in this embodiment, since the cover body 9 mentioned above urges | biases in the direction which obstruct | occludes the liquid flow port 12, it has the structure which provided the urging member 19 which urges | biases the cover body 9 in a closing direction. For example, the structure which provided the urging member which urges | biases the slide member 18 toward the back (other side) side of a slide direction, or the urging member which urges | biases the cover member 22 in the direction in which the liquid-flow port 12 is obstruct | occluded It is also possible to have a configuration in which

  Also in this case, the lid body 9 can be manually opened and closed by an operation of pressing the rear end (one end) side of the slide member 18 and an operation of releasing the press on the rear end (one end) side of the slide member 18. Is possible.

In addition, this invention is not necessarily limited to the thing of the said embodiment, A various change can be added in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention.
That is, in the said embodiment, although the case where this invention is applied to the container 100 with a cap which gave the heat retention / cooling function by the container main body 2 which has the vacuum heat insulation structure mentioned above is illustrated, such a vacuum heat insulation structure It is not necessarily limited to the thing provided with the container main body 2 which has these. That is, the present invention can be widely applied to containers with a cap in which the cap unit is detachably attached to the mouth and neck of the container body.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Container with cap 1 ... Cap unit 2 ... Container main body 2c ... Mouth neck part 2d ... Upper opening part 3 ... Outer container 4 ... Inner container 5 ... Vacuum heat insulation layer 6 ... Overhang part 7 ... Cap main body 8 ... First Hinge part 9 ... Lid 10 ... Female thread part 11 ... Male thread part 12 ... Fluid passage 12c ... Gutter 13 ... Water stop packing 14 ... Lid packing 15 ... Mouth forming member 16 ... Lid opening / closing mechanism 17 ... Guide part 18 ... Slide member 18a ... Rack portion 18c ... Inclined surface 19 ... Biasing member 20 ... Slide portion 21 ... Second hinge portion 22 ... Cover member 23 ... Rack gear 24 ... Pinion gear

Claims (7)

A cap unit that is detachably attached to the mouth and neck of the container body having an open top,
A cap body that closes the upper opening of the container body and is provided with a liquid passage port;
A lid that opens and closes the liquid passage port in a state of being rotatably attached to the cap body;
A lid opening and closing mechanism for manually opening and closing the lid,
The lid opening / closing mechanism includes a slide member slidably attached to the cap body;
An urging member that urges the lid in a direction to close the liquid passage port;
And it has a structure in which the slide part provided in the lid is slidable on the inclined surface of the rack part provided in the slide member,
By sliding the slide member toward one side of the slide direction while pressing one end side of the slide member, the slide part moves relatively in the direction of going up the inclined surface of the rack part. While the lid is rotated in a direction to open the liquid passage opening against the biasing of the biasing member,
By releasing the pressure on the one end side of the slide member and sliding the slide member toward the other side of the slide direction, the slide portion moves relatively in the direction of going down the inclined surface of the rack portion, The cap unit, wherein the lid body urged by the urging member is rotated in a direction to close the liquid passage port.   2. The cap unit according to claim 1, wherein one end side of the slide member is located on the same side as the side of the cap body on which the lid body is rotatably attached. A cover member rotatably attached to the cap body;
The cover member is rotated in conjunction with sliding of the slide member between a position covering the upper part of the liquid passage opening and a position opening the upper part of the liquid passage opening. Item 3. The cap unit according to Item 1 or 2.   The rack member provided on the slide member and the pinion gear provided on the cover member are engaged with each other, whereby the cover member is rotated in conjunction with the slide of the slide member. The cap unit according to claim 3.   The cap unit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a mouth forming member that is detachably attached to the cap body and that forms the liquid passage port. A cap unit according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A container with a cap comprising a container body to which the cap unit is attached.   The said container main body has a vacuum heat insulation structure, The container with a cap of Claim 6 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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