CA2363039A1 - Drip free opening - Google Patents

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CA2363039A1
CA2363039A1 CA 2363039 CA2363039A CA2363039A1 CA 2363039 A1 CA2363039 A1 CA 2363039A1 CA 2363039 CA2363039 CA 2363039 CA 2363039 A CA2363039 A CA 2363039A CA 2363039 A1 CA2363039 A1 CA 2363039A1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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Drip Free Opening comprises a sidewall, a base and a spout. The sidewall surrounds the base and the spout. The base slopes down from the sidewall to the spout and supports them. There is a draining hole in the lowest position of the base, or there is draining chink through the spout at the lowest position of the base. Accumulation of liquid staying inside of the sidewall can flow to the lowest position of the base and pass through the draining hole or draining chink to drop back into container. At the end of pouring, the rim of the spout cuts the flow, and a small amount of liquid leaks from the spout and flow down into the space between the sidewall and the spout, then, drops back into container through draining hole or draining chink. After pouring, no liquid leaks over the sidewall down outside surface of the container.

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DRIP FREE OPENING
This invention provides a Drip Free Opening.
BACKGROUND OF THE II~TVLNTION
Container, which contains liquid are widely used. When the liquid is poured through the normal opening from the container, drips usually leak down the outside surface of the container. The most ways preventing drips are cutting off the flow of the liquid by using the geometric property of the rim of the opening or the material property of the surface of the opening at the end of pouring without the formation of drips, for example, Canada patent 2092314. But the property of the liquid, especially adhesion of the liquid and surface tension, affects the performance of the opening cutting off the flow.
Low surface tension and high adhesion can make it fail cutting off the flow.
A method, which suits requirements of different liquid needs to be fmd.
ST:f~VIMA,RY OF THE INVENTION
Drip Free Opening according to the invention comprises the sidewalk the base and the spout. The sidewall surrounds the base and the spout. The base supports the sidewall and the spout. The base slopes down from the sidewall to the spout. So accumulation of liquid staying inside of the sidewall can flow to the lowest position of the base. There are two kinds of spout in the invention. One is close-sided, being applied with the base, which has a hole called draining hole at the lowest position of the base. The other is open-sided. The crevice constructed by the open-sided spout is draining chink.
Draining chink locates at he lowest position of the base. Open-sided spout is applied with the draining chink and the base, which has no draining holes.
The inside surface of the spout forms the orifice and allows liquid pass
2 through. The outside surface of the spout guides the small amount of liquid, which leaking from the spout at the end of pouring, to flow down into the space between the sidewall and the spout. The base supports the sidewall and the spout, and allows liquid pass through the orifice only. The sidewall constructs the limit that the liquid can flow. No liquid leaks over the sidewall down outside surface of the container. The draining hole or the draining chink allows the accumulation of the small amount of liquid to drain back into container. After pouring, no drips leak out of container, no accumulation of liquid stays in the space between the sidewall and the spout.
Drip Free Opening keeps the outside surface of the container clean by limiting the small amount of liquid, which leaking from spout at the end of pouring, to stay inside of the opening.
I?rip Free Opening in according to the invention can be either an independent part applied in combination with container or, a portion of the container on which Drip Free Opening permanently fit together.
The drawings, which form a part of this specification, are listed below.
Fig. 1 is an isometric view of Drip Free Opening, which its spout is open-sided.
Fig. 2 is a top view of Drip Free Opening, which its spout is open-sided.
Fig. 3 is a front cross-section view of Drip Free Opening, which its spout is open-sided, taken generally on line A-A, Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a side cross-section view of Drip Free Opening, which its spout is open-sided, taken generally on line B-B, Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is an isometric view of Drip Free Opening, which its spout is close-sided.

Fig. 6 is a top view of Drip Free Opening, which its spout is close-sided.
Fig. 7 is a front cross-section view of Drip Free Opening, which its spout is close-sided, taken generally on line C-C, Fig. 6.
Fig. 8 is a side cross-section view of Drip Free Opening, which its spout is close-sided, taken generally on line D-D, Fig. 7.
Fig. 9 is a cut-away isometric view of Drip free Opening, to be an independent part, undercut or thread feature is added as shown.
Fig. 10 is transverse cross-section view of Drip Free Opening, to be an independent part, undercut or thread feature is added as shown.
Fig. 11 is an isometric exploded view of the assembly of container and Drip Free Opening. Herein, Drip Free Opening is applied as an independent part, which can be fit on container.
Fig. 12 is an isometric view of the combination of Drip Free Opening and body of container. Herein, Drip Free opening is applied as a portion of the container.
Fig. 13 is an isometric exploded view of the assembly of the cap and the container, thread feature is added on the Drip Free Opening, so the cap can fit on the container and Drip Free Opening.
Fig. 14 is an isometric view of the combination of Drip Free Opening, body of container and a flip cap.
Fig. 15 is an isometric view of Drip Free Opening with the rim of the spout extended into tip shape.
Fig. 16 is an isometric view of Drip Free Opening with the rim of the spout extended into lip shape.
Fig. 17 is top views of possible shape of the spout.
Fig. 18 is top views of possible shape of the orifice.
Fig. 19 shows that liquid is being poured through Drip Free Opening.

Fig. 20 shows that liquid flow is being cut into two portions at the end of pouring. Attention, a small amount of liquid leaks from the spout at this moment.
Fig. 21 shows that the small amount of liquid drops back into the container.
Attention, the small amount of liquid does not leak down outside surface of the container.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In the particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention illustrated, Drip Free Opening comprises Sidewall l, Base 2 and Spout 3. Sidewall 1 surrounds Base 2 and Spout 3. Base 2 supports Sidewall l and Spot 3, and allows the liquid pass through Orifice 4 farmed by the inside surface of Spout 3 only. Base 2 slopes down from Sidewall 1 to Spout 3. The lower portion of Base 2 encircles Spout 3. Spout 3 can be open-sided, shown through Fig. 1 to Fig. 4. The crevice formed by Spout 3 that is open-sided is Draining Chink 5. Draining Chink 5 locates at the lowest position of Base 2.
Any liquid staying in the space between Sidewall 1 and Spout 3 will pass through Draining Chink 5 and Orifice 4, and drop back into container. No liquid can accumulate in the space between Sidewall 1 and Spot 3. Spout 3 can be close-sided as well, shown through Fig. 5 to Fig. 8. When Spout 3 that is close-sided is applied, Base 2 should have a hole name Draining Hole SA at the lowest position. Any liquid staying in the space between Sidewall 1 and Spout 3 will pass through Draining Hole SA, and drop back into container. No liquid can accumulate in the space between Sidewall 1 and Spot 3. Orifice 4 and the inside surface of Spout 3 are the passage through which the liquid can be poured out. The outside surface of Spout 3 is a guide along which a small amount of liquid leaking from Spout 3 at the end of pouring can flow down into the space between Sidewall 1 and Spout 3.
Draining Chink 5 and Orifice 4, or Draining Hole SA is the passage through which the small amount of liquid staying in the space between Sidewall 1 and Spout 3 continuously drops back into the container.
Drip Free Opening can be an independent part, which is applied in combination with a container. Fig. 9 and Fig. 10 show Drip Free Opening as an independent part. Fig. 11 shows Drip Free Opening that is independent, to be applied in combination with a container. No matter what kinds of Drip Free Openings introduced ahead, after Under Cut or Thread Feature 6, which can fit on the container, is added on Drip Free Opening, Drip Free Opening can be applied as an independent part, which works in combination with the container. Drip Free Opening can be a portion of a container as well. Fig. 12 shows Drip Free Opening to be applied as a portion of the container. No matter what kinds of Drip Free Openings introduced ahead, as long as Drip Free Opening is permanently fit on the container, Drip Free Opening can be applied as a portion of the container.
Caps can works well with Drip Free Openings. Fig. 13 and Fig. 14 show two kinds of caps fitting on Drip Free Openings. Other kinks of caps can be applied with Drip Free Opening as well.
Spout 3 shown through Fig. 1 to Fig. 14 is the basic straight shape, which means, the rim of Spout 3 is straight. In Fig. 1 S, Rim 7 of Spout 3 extends into tip shape. In Fig. 16, Rim 7 of Spout 3 extends into lip shape. The tip or lip shape of Rim 7 make Drip Free Opening cut the flow of liquid more efficiently. Applying Rim 7 can reduce the quantity of formation of the small amount of liquid leaking from Spout 3 at the end of pouring.

The shape of Spout 3 can be various. No matter what shape it is, it is good enough only if the inside Surface of Spout 3 can allow the Flow of the liquid pass through, and the outside surface of Spout 3 can guide the small amount of liquid flow down into the space between Sidewall 1 and Spout 3. Fig. 17 shows some of the shapes of Spout 3 that can work well.
The shape of the Orifice 4 can be various. No matter what kind of shape it is, it is good enough only if the orifice can allow the liquid pass through. Fig.
18 shows some of the shapes of Orifice 4 that can work well.
Fig. 19 through Fig. 21 shows how Drip Free Opening Works. Fig. 19 shows the liquid is being poured out. By the limit of Base 2, Flow 8 of the liquid can only pass through Orifice 4, and inside surface of Spout 3 out of the container. Fig. 20 shows what is happening at the moment of the end of pouring. At the end of pouring, the rim of Spout 3 Gut Flow 8 into two portions. Portion 9 follows Flow 8 continuously going down. Portion 10 is stopped by the rim of Spout 3, and drops back into container. At this moment, Small Amount of Liquid 11 forms at the rim of Spout 3, and flow along the outside surface of Spout 3 down into the space between Sidewall 1 and Spout 3. Fig. 21 shows what is happening after pouring is completely finished. After pouring is completely finished, Small Amount of Liquid 11 continuously runs down the outside surface of Spout 3, the accumulation of Small amount of Liquid 11 flows along the slope of Base 2 to the lowest position of the Base 2, pass through Draining Chink 5 or Draining Hole SA
to drop back into the container. In Fig. 21, Drop 12 is dropping back into the container.

Plastic, metal, porcelain and glass are preferred material to make Drip Free Opening. Die forming, forging, casting, die-casting, welding, soldering and machining are suitable for the metallic Drip Free Opening. Injection molding, transfer molding and thermo forming are suitable for plastic Drip Free Opening. High temperature solidifying is suitable for porcelain.
Thermo forming is suitable for glass Drip Free Opening. Plastic is the most preferred material for Drip Free Opening. Injection molding is the most preferred method to make plastic Drip Free Opening.
Drip Free Opening can be widely used, for example, if a cooking oil container is applied with Drip Free Opening, the outside surface of the container will keep nice clean, and the space which is storing the container will not soiled by the oil drips as well.

Claims (19)

The Embodiment Of The Invention In Which An Exclusive Property Or Privilege Is Claim Are Defined As Follows
1. A Drip Free Opening through which liquid is poured for enabling drip free pouring from container and preventing drips of liquid during pouring from leaking down outside surface of the container comprises a sidewall, a base and a spout.
2. A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 1, wherein, the base slopes down from the sidewall to the spout.
3. A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 2, wherein, the base has a lowest portion near the spout.
4. A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 1, wherein, the spout is close-sided.
. A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 1, wherein, the spout is open-sided.
6. A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 4, wherein, there is a hole in the lowest position of the base.
7. A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 5, wherein, there is a chink through the spout.
8. A drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 7, wherein, the chink locates at the lowest position of the base.
9. A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 1, wherein, the material is plastic.
10.A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 1, wherein, the material is metal.
11.A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 1, wherein, the material is porcelain.
12. A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 1, wherein, the material is glass
13. A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 1 , wherein, is an independent part.
14.A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 1, wherein, is a portion of a container.
15.A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 1, wherein, the spout is straight.
16.A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 1, wherein, the spout has a tip shape.
17. A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 1, wherein, the spout has a lip shape.
18. A Drip Free Opening in accordance with claim 1, wherein, the sidewall surrounds the base and the spout.
19.A method of drip free pouring of liquid comprising:
o Pouring the liquid through the spout.
o Cutting the flow of liquid into two portions by the rim of the spout at the end of the pouring.
o A small amount of liquid leaking along the outside surface of the spout into the space between the sidewall and the spout.
o The small amount of liquid flows to the lowest portion of the base.
o The small amount of liquid drop through draining chink or draining hole back into container.
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WO2006042813A2 (en) * 2004-10-18 2006-04-27 Erwes Reifenberg Gmbh & Co. Kg Cap comprising a discharge port
WO2006055567A1 (en) * 2004-11-15 2006-05-26 The Procter & Gamble Company Dispensing means for containers with draining feature employing drip concentrator
ITBS20090114A1 (en) * 2009-06-23 2010-12-24 Gsg S P A DISPENSER CAP FOR FOOD LIQUIDS AND USE OF THE SAME
ITAN20130076A1 (en) * 2013-04-19 2014-10-20 Peppino Pellonara BOTTLE WITH DROPPER SYSTEM
CN106081337A (en) * 2016-07-30 2016-11-09 东莞市鲸鱼嘴环保科技有限公司 A kind of environment protection bottle cap

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WO2006042813A2 (en) * 2004-10-18 2006-04-27 Erwes Reifenberg Gmbh & Co. Kg Cap comprising a discharge port
WO2006042813A3 (en) * 2004-10-18 2009-02-05 Erwes Reifenberg Gmbh & Co Kg Cap comprising a discharge port
WO2006055567A1 (en) * 2004-11-15 2006-05-26 The Procter & Gamble Company Dispensing means for containers with draining feature employing drip concentrator
US7673774B2 (en) 2004-11-15 2010-03-09 The Procter & Gamble Company Transitions for containers
ITBS20090114A1 (en) * 2009-06-23 2010-12-24 Gsg S P A DISPENSER CAP FOR FOOD LIQUIDS AND USE OF THE SAME
ITAN20130076A1 (en) * 2013-04-19 2014-10-20 Peppino Pellonara BOTTLE WITH DROPPER SYSTEM
CN106081337A (en) * 2016-07-30 2016-11-09 东莞市鲸鱼嘴环保科技有限公司 A kind of environment protection bottle cap
CN106081337B (en) * 2016-07-30 2018-07-24 东莞市鲸鱼嘴环保科技有限公司 A kind of environment protection bottle cap

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