CN101024430A - Multifunction pouring spout with handle - Google Patents

Abstract

An inventive pouring spout that is selectively attachable to a container and fitted to the opening of the container with which it is used. In a preferred embodiment, the pouring spout is fitted to the dimensions of a one-quart container and includes a wall, a sealing member, a mouth and a handle, the mouth and handle extending from the wall. The handle includes a plurality of upwardly extending projections adapted to securely engage the bottom rim of the container. Furthermore, thermoplastic material is applied at the handle area forming a handle cover that is comfortable and easy to grip. Thermoplastic material is also preferably utilized in the construction of the sealing member for forming a seal between the spout and opening of the container.

Description

Multifunction pouring spout with handle

Related application

The application is that the application number submitted on April 22nd, 2004 is 10/830,275 partial continuous application, and it draws at this and is reference.

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of multipurpose lid that is used for container (for example canister).Particularly, the present invention relates to have the separable pouring spout of removable hood, it prevents to paint along the side and drips and splash around the opening of canister.In addition, as another embodiment, the present invention relates to a kind of separable pouring spout with handle, it makes the user can easily hold canister.

Background technology

For specialty and the painter sparetime, the conventional oil paint can has a lot of shortcomings.Particularly, the structure of the canister of a common gallon size may make following situation may realize hardly---and will paint and pour into from jar in paint tray or other container, after paint was poured out, paint can not drip along the side of jar.When the paint that drips when one or more accidents in these surfaces or the object contact, the outside that excessive paint drips jar may cause the undesirable paint stain on the wall, on the floor, on the furniture and on other article.In addition, when the user will wet paint the swabbing level land when being disposed across the canister top, the problem that paint flows down along the side of jar increases the weight of, and this be a lot of painters at night or do usually during rest.The paint that flows down along the jar side from the brush that wets paint produces the similar problem of pointing out previously.

In addition, there are a lot of other common incidents often to make the irritated and generation additional difficulty of painter.For example, after jar is poured out, always residual a certain amount of in its sealed groove at paint at the opening part of jar.Paint in this sealed groove causes following point: at first, before paint becomes dry, if the metallic paint cover is placed on the tank deck and groove in, paint is sealed to jar as adhesives with lid, and makes the difficulty that becomes of removing subsequently.In addition, settle once more subsequently when covering, when lid is depressed, the paint in the sealed groove spills, and makes paint be spread across randomly on painter or the surface.

Similarly, when paint brush is immersed in the canister,,, also can run into these problems so that when brush is removed amount of paint then against inside edge wiping brush.Though the painter knows this problem, they select against inside edge wiping brush, because replacement method (just, amount of paint being coated onto on the given area) may be destroyed work on hand, thereby destroy their achievement fully.

In addition, at night or during the lunch break, will paint lid and be put back into and jar go up to keep paint fresh, though this is good practice, much people fail so to do, and paint are guided in the side and sealed groove of cover.

Another problem is, when canister is filled paint, because the weight of canister needs to arrest the canister of filling paint by the metal filament handle on the standard of being located at one gallon paint physically.In addition, when arresting by handle jar, because handle just in time is arranged on the opening that hangs canister, it hinders paint brush to immerse in the jar, thereby the mode that forces the user not contact with the canister handle with brush is determined the position of brush and the direction of control brush.In addition, in one quart of less paint container, wherein be not provided with handle usually, hold jar with hand continuously by the lateral surface of jar, and need not bear muscle cramp and fatigue, this is arduous especially.

Summary of the invention

Correspondingly, the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of separable pouring spout that is used for canister, it comprises removable hood, and described lid stops in the sealed groove that paints the opening part that enters jar, and stops paint to drip along the outside face of canister.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of separable pouring spout that is used for canister, and it comprises removable hood, and described lid can directly remove the amount of paint of paint brush in the canister, and need not utilize the inside edge of jar.

Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of device that is used for placing the brush that wets paint on canister, and it can make paint introduce the inside of canister once more, and stops sealed groove or its outside face of paint contact canister.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of separable pouring spout that is used for canister, and it comprises removable hood, and this has eliminated in the use the demand of original oil paint can lid is installed once more.

Of the present inventionly advance a purpose and provide the separable pouring spout that is used for canister, it comprises removable hood, and this makes a plurality of canisters fitly to be stacked on each other and goes up, even when pouring spout is attached to the top of canister.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of separable pouring spout canister, that have handle that is used for, and it makes the user easily one hold canister, simultaneously with another hand brush paint.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of separable pouring spout canister, that have handle that is used for, and it can be distributed on user's the large surface area of hand the weight of canister, thereby reduces muscle cramp and fatigue.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of separable pouring spout canister, that have handle that is used for, and its standard metal silk oil paint can handle of having avoided being contacted and be connected to canister by user's paint brush disturbs.

To understand other purpose from the following description of this invention.

In its broad aspect, the present invention relates to a kind of pouring spout that is used for liquid container, it has removable hood or plug.Preferably, with respect to container, pouring spout of the present invention can optionally connect or separate, and matches with the opening diameter of special container.In a preferred embodiment, chute is matched with the diameter of canister opening, and between its used life, this chute can replace typical case's lid of canister.

The present invention includes the chute with central opening, no matter be that paint in night, rest period or jar is not any time that is required immediately, described opening optionally covers with removable hood.Chute is included in bottom or the place, lower edge or near the groove or the ridge of chute, and it makes chute can fasten to the main opening of canister.Chute is coupled in the canister closely, thereby stops paint to guide to or introduce in the sealed groove of jar.By adopting chute, can change into from the paint of jar and to accumulate on the chute, thereby alleviate paint in the sealed groove of jar and the problem of gathering along the side of jar.In addition, removable hood comprises the reception groove of not assembling paint, and it makes lid can fasten to the central opening of chute.This has formed the tight seal on the canister, and described sealing keeps paint fresh, and carries out the preparation of use when needed.

In a preferred embodiment, chute also comprises the bridge joint lath with edge, and it allows the user to remove amount of paint against the edge from brush, takes this simultaneously amount of paint to be introduced in the jar once more.This lath makes the user can avoid wiping amount of paint on the inside edge of canister, thereby further stops paint to accumulate on the sealed groove.

It should be noted that described identical lath can also comprise is combined in one of them or more magnet, so that after the brush that wets paint used up, magnet was connected to the aglet of brush.Thus, magnet vertically remains on the appropriate location with brush, the paint of brush can be dripped get back in the jar, cuts the waste, and keeps clean.

In another preferred embodiment, separable pouring spout is provided with handle, and Guan weight distribution is on the increase face area of hand, rather than only along palm and finger thus.Particularly, in the canister of reduced size, the weight that one quart of canister for example, the handle that is provided with chute make jar can be distributed in a plurality of additional areas of hand, for example along the zone of forefinger with the hand that links to each other with thumb, and the top surface of the hand relative with palm.

Pouring spout can be made by well-known material in the prior art, comprises plastics and metal.Preferably, pouring spout is formed by the polypropylene injection molding, and removable hood is preferably made by polyethylene.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the transparent view of the preferred embodiment of pouring spout of the present invention, and it has the removable hood that is connected to canister at the opening of canister, and for the ease of observing, described lid is removed slightly from chute;

Fig. 2 is the lateral plan of removable hood;

Fig. 2 A is the front elevation with pouring spout of removable hood;

Fig. 2 B is the top view with pouring spout of removable hood;

Fig. 3 has shown the paint of just pouring out from canister, and described canister has a preferred embodiment of the pouring spout of the present invention that is connected to the there;

Fig. 4 is the partial cross section figure of a preferred embodiment of pouring spout along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and described pouring spout is connected to canister and paint flows out therefrom;

Fig. 5 is the transparent view of preferred embodiment that is connected to the pouring spout of canister, and paint brush mentioned against lath, and amount of paint is introduced canister once more.

Fig. 6 hangs over paint brush on the lath along the partial cross section figure of the line 6-6 of Fig. 5, thereby amount of paint is removed from brush;

Fig. 6 A is the partial cross section figure of the paint brush that is raised of another embodiment against lath;

Fig. 7 is the transparent view that is connected to the aglet of the preferred embodiment of pouring spout of canister and paint brush, and the aglet of described paint brush is connected to two blocks of magnet on the lath;

Fig. 8 is connected to the aglet of paint brush of two blocks of magnet on the lath along the partial cross section figure of the line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is the transparent view that is stacked on two canisters of top of each other, and wherein the top jar rests on the pouring spout, and described pouring spout inserts in the canister of bottom;

Figure 10 rests the partial cross section figure of the bottom of a canister on the pouring spout along the line 10-10 of Fig. 9, and described pouring spout is inserted into the opening of another canister;

Figure 11 is from the transparent view of the pouring spout with handle of canister separation;

Figure 12 has the transparent view of preferred embodiment of the pouring spout of handle, and described pouring spout is connected to one quart of canister at the opening of jar;

Figure 13 has the top view of the pouring spout of handle along the line 13-13 of Figure 12;

Figure 14 has the partial cross section figure of the pouring spout of handle along the line 14-14 of Figure 13;

Figure 15 has the side cross-sectional view of the pouring spout of handle along the line 15-15 of Figure 13; And

Figure 16 has the partial cross section figure of the pouring spout of handle along the line 16-16 of Figure 12.

The specific embodiment

With reference to accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 has described the preferred embodiment of the pouring spout of the present invention (10) with removable plug or lid (12).Each chute (10) also has mouth (14), central circular openings (16) and forms the side surface of wall (18), and described wall (18) has upper limb or edge (20) and lower edge or edge (22).Preferably, side surface is producing from the angles of horizontal plane greater than 90 degree, and like this, the wall of formation (18) from the central authorities of chute (10) and lower edge (22) outwards and be inclined upwardly.Certainly, side surface also can extend from horizontal surface 90 degree of container with less than the angle of 90 degree.Except forming the wall (18) of chute (10), side surface also forms mouth (14).Described mouth (14) stretches out and exceeds the periphery of wall (18), and it forms passage, and fluid flows out from its container by this passage.Along with passage stretches out away from the central authorities of chute (10), it narrows down gradually, forms triangle, thereby makes liquid can assemble and flow out smoothly from chute (10).In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, chute (10) is installed to the diameter of the opening of paint (or other liquid) jar (24), and can optionally connect or take apart.Obviously, pouring spout (10) can be installed on the opening with a lot of other geometric configuratioies, comprises square, rectangle and oval.In addition, the container that is used for of chute (10) and it can form a crash-resistant integral structure together.

In preferred embodiment shown in Figure 1, when it is sold in hard ware store, lower edge (22) extraordinary image of pouring spout (10) be used to cover canister (24) the standard metal lid cooperate the opening of canister (24) like that.Correspondingly, in case crown cap is removed, chute (10) can easily insert in the opening of canister (24).Near the bottom of chute (10), just in time on lower edge (22), the periphery around chute (10) on the outside of wall (18) has passage or groove (26).Described groove (26) makes chute (10) can be just in time be fastened on the opening of jar (24) when (22) insert canisters (24) in the lower edge.When pouring spout (10) fastens when on the throne, between the sealed groove (28) of chute (10) and canister (24), form sealing (being shown specifically in as Fig. 4), thereby prevent that paint from contacting with sealed groove (28).Other structure can be set chute is attached to canister with the detouchable form.

In addition, shown in Fig. 2 A and 2B, the lower edge (22) of pouring spout (10) has at chute (10) fwd otch (23), and it allows paint relatively freely to flow from obstacle, thereby makes paint can flow out jar when only having small amounts of paint to remain in the jar.

The wall (18) of chute (10) centers on its inside and is parallel to the periphery extension of canister (24).In case jar (24) extremely tilt, wall (18) prevention paint leaves mouth (14) at paint and overflows from the upper edge (20) of chute (10) before.Certainly, can construct the wall of other type, comprise the wall of differing heights, not exclusively surround chute (10) the in-to-in wall or with the peripheral uneven wall of canister (24).In addition, chute can also be constructed with paint or other liquid can flow out more than a mouth or passage.In addition, except the structure of constructing as the extension of wall, mouth or passage can also form with the form in the gap on the wall, are perhaps formed by the breakaway-element that is connected to wall, as assisting to paint or the means of other flow of liquid.

Fig. 1 illustrates the lateral plan that a transparent view and Fig. 2 illustrate the removable hood (12) of a pouring spout (10).Usually, the size of lid (12) is configured to match with the central opening (16) of pouring spout (10).Obviously, lid (12) comprises that it makes lid can fasten to the central opening (16) of chute (10) around the groove or the flange (30) of the periphery continuity of lid (12).Therefore, chute (10) preferably includes projection (27) or other corresponding construction, to receive lid (12) and to keep closely cooperating.Obviously, can adopt other conventional blocking device that lid (12) is connected to chute (10).Be attached to jar (24) afterwards at chute (10), lid (12) can seal canister (10), forms sealing, and keeps paint fresh when not needing painting.Because lid (12) can optionally be removed, and when needing painting, a little firmly just can remove lid (12).

In a preferred embodiment, chute (10) is also in conjunction with one or more links (32), described link is preferably formed triangle, and when paint was used up the back or no longer needed chute (10), the user can draw back chute (10) by described link (32) from canister (24).Removable hood (12) also can be in conjunction with one or more links (34), and it has the triangular shaped of expectation equally, and when preparing will to paint from jar (24) when pouring out, by described link (34), the user can easily remove lid (12).In chute (10) or removable hood (12) any one not in use, each can also be hanging on the claw or nail of beating wall by they links (32,34) separately.Obviously, the projection (not shown) that each link (32,34) can not had opening replaces, and chute (10) can also be drawn back from canister (24) by its user, perhaps will cover (12) and draw back from chute (10).

Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 have shown that paint just is being poured out jar (24), and described jar (24) have pouring spout (10) preferred embodiment that is connected thereto.As showing in greater detail among Fig. 4, when jar (10) tilted, the lower edge (22) of paint in chute (10) entered chute (10), and is extended to mouth (14), paints therefrom and poured into another container (not shown).Importantly, the groove (26) of the corresponding chute of sealed groove (28) (10) of its size and canister (24) can accumulate on the groove mouth of chute (10) paint from jar (24), rather than on the sealed groove (28) of canister (24).

Fig. 5 and 6 has shown the paint brush (40) that is hung on the bridge joint lath (36), and described bridge joint lath (36) has lower edge (37), and it removes amount of paint from the bristle (44) of brush (40) when brush (40) is played.In fact, the effect of the approximate doctor of lath (36), it is along being contacted with paint brush (40) with the formed roughly flat surface of bristle (44) that embeds by aglet (42).After paint brush (40) was dipped into paint, paint brush (40) was pressed towards lath (36), thereby some paint are scraped off from brush (40), did not have amount of paint like this on brush.Certainly, lath (36) can also be used to making excess liq or paint to scrape off from other brush kind equipment with connection bristle thereon.In a preferred embodiment, lath (36) normally flat and thin, and approximate 1/2 inch to 1 inch of width.Lath (36) also comprises and helps to remove the beveled edges (37) of amount of paint.In addition, the length of lath (36) depends on the diameter of central opening (16) usually, and length can be corresponding with any line of a bit guiding to another point from wall (18).In addition, in a preferred embodiment, lath (36) is placed near the wall (not at the center) of chute (10), and relative with mouth (14), so that when pouring out paint, helps to stop paint unnecessarily to contact with lath (36).In addition, lath (36) also preferably is arranged under the removable hood (12) because canister (24) be covered in case will remain paint remain on jar in and when making residue paint not on lid, lath has some use.

As shown in Figure 6A, another embodiment of lath (36A) has double bevel edge (37A), its middle plate strip (36A) (37A) top surface and basal surface at an angle to each other, form arrowhead form.

Certainly, replace bridge joint lath (36,36A), other embodiment of pouring spout can comprise from the inwardly outstanding surface of the wall of chute.Such surface can be used as the integral part structure of chute or can be breakaway-element, and described breakaway-element fastens on the wall or by other conventional equipment of employing (comprising claw, negative and positive snap-on etc.) by formation interlocking groove on surface and/or wall and is connected to chute.In these other embodiment, the surface also preferably includes straight edge.This outside face also preferably is placed under removable hood or the plug.

Fig. 7 and 8 has shown the preferred embodiment of pouring spout (10), and it has the one or more magnet (38) that are connected to lath (36), is contemplated to be two magnet.Importantly, the mode of exposing with at least one surface of each magnet (38) is connected to magnet (38) at the top of lath (36).By its magnetic attraction being applied to aglet (42), magnet (38) is suspended on paint brush (40) on the opening of canister (24), makes the paint from brush (40) can drip the into inside of jar (24).

By well-known conventional means in the prior art magnet (38) is connected to lath (36).Obviously, can adopt a bigger magnet to replace two or more magnet.As shown in Fig. 6 A, magnet (38A) can also embed in the lath (36A), allows outside the upper surface of magnet (38A) is exposed to.

In addition, be connected to lath except structure non-magnet lath with magnet, can also construct the chute (10) with lath simply, described lath itself is exactly a magnet, thereby eliminates the demand that magnet is connected to lath.In addition, be used for other device (comprising claw and fastener) that paint brush (40) is hanging on jar (24) can be used for the present invention equally.

Fig. 9 and 10 has shown two canisters (24,24 ') that are stacked on another top, and wherein top jar (24 ') rests on the pouring spout (10), and described pouring spout (10) inserts in the bottom canister (24).Therefore, the preferred embodiment of chute (10) has upper edge (20), described upper edge (20) has and the corresponding periphery that is placed on the periphery of the typical canister (24 ') above it, and wherein the periphery of upper edge (20) only is slightly less than the rounded bottom of jar (24 ').This makes jar can rest on the upper edge (20), rather than rests chute (10) in-to-in point.

Obviously, the upper edge of chute (10) can also form the circle bigger than the bottom of canister (24 ').In this embodiment, the outer structure of the inwall (18) of next-door neighbour's chute (10) step (not shown), it can rest on the step bottom of canister (24 '), rather than upper edge (20).

Should be noted that device of the present invention make stacked cans, with liquid pour out container, these functions of lid of easily removing the container of receiving fluids can realize.

Figure 11 to 16 has described another preferred embodiment of pouring spout of the present invention (110).The wall (118) of chute (110) thus defines central opening producing all around, and described opening forms the hole of aiming at substantially with the opening of paint container (124).In this embodiment, chute (110) has from wall (118) forward and the mouth (114) that extends radially outwardly and at the lower edge of wall (118) or the packing element (171) of bottom (170), and described mouth (114) integral body is connected to wall (118).

In this embodiment, pouring spout comprise vertically towards, elongated, bent handle (150), it is radially relative with mouth (114) and have outer cover or an overplate (151) (description subsequently).The top of handle (152) is connected to the wall (118) of chute (110).Optionally, handle (150) can be connected any other rotine positioning along chute (110), includes, but are not limited to interior or outside face, upper edge (120) or its combination of the wall (118) of chute (110).In a preferred embodiment, handle (150) integrally is cast to the wall (118) of chute (110), and is connected to wall (118) on the top (152) of handle (150).Also can adopt handle (150) is connected to the wall (118) of chute (110) or other device of other position.

The bottom (154) of handle (150) comprises two upwardly extending projections (156,158), the base of itself and standard cylindrical paint container (124) along (125) cooperation so that fixing pouring spout (110), and the bottom of the handle (150) of chute (110) is locked into the base of container (124) along (125), shown in Figure 12,15 and 16.Particularly, when the bottom (154) with handle (150) is fixed to the edge of paint container, edge (125) is placed between cylindrical pin (158) and the bent ridge (156), and described bent ridge (156) rests against on the inside at edge (125) of pouring spout (110).It should be noted that, has the cooresponding profile of profile phase with edge (125) with the curved sides of the contacted protuberance in inside (158) of edge (125), when the bottom of handle (150) was connected to container (124), protuberance (158) and edge (125) can contact with each other along the length of protuberance (158) like this.When handle was connected to container (124), this provided firmly controlling pouring spout (110).

As shown in figure 15, because the bottom (154) of handle (150) is placed under the edge (125) of container (124), when container rested on the plane, this made the container slight inclination.Correspondingly, bottom (154) can not be too thick so that prevent the container overturning, and this point is important.Certainly, except or replace protuberance (156) and these two of the pins (158) shown in the figure to extend upward the projection, also can adopt the projection of other form and the device of the bottom that is used for securely being connected handle (150) (154), comprise buckle connecting device, shackle device etc.In addition, handle (150) can comprise elastomeric material, and for example thermoplastic elastomer (s) or rubber are so that make handle can become elongated and can be anchored to the feather edge (125) of paint container (124).

In case on connecting, the user can hold container (124) and chute (110) by handle (150).Alternatively, the user can be inserted into hand the space between the side of handle (150) and container (124), and the side that utilizes palm and finger to hold container, and the part of the combined weight of jar (124) and chute (110) can also be distributed in many other zones of hand, for example along the end face of regional and/or relative with the palm hand of forefinger and the hand adjacent with thumb.

Should be appreciated that pouring spout (110) can be fit to use with the container of other type, described container can hold liquid or other material except that paint, and is not to be limited to very much to be used in the aspect relevant with paint container.

Handle portion (150) preferably is provided with outer cover or handle overplate (151), and it is made by soft resilient material, and described material is preferably skidproof, hold with comfortable easily, for example thermoplastic elastomer (Santoprene  just) or rubber.In addition, identical or similar material is applied in the bottom (170) of chute (110), its formation or covering packing element (171).Particularly, in one quart of canister, above-mentioned canister has the opening that reduces with respect to one gallon of homologue, the flexible material of the bottom (170) of chute (110) is quite a lot ofly more recessed than duroplasts, when connecting chute (110), this can form better chute (110) at the opening of canister and sealing more closely.In a preferred embodiment, when the soft seal element inserted the opening of canister (124), soft seal element (171) was compressed slightly.After passing opening, the decompression of packing element (171) or its part, thereby the bottom (170) of chute (110) closely is connected to container (124), and do not rely on that handle (150) bottom (154) locates extend upward projection (156,158).Optionally, can construct packing element (171), so that under the situation of the bottom (154) that does not rely on the handle (150) on the edge (125) that is fixed to container (124), at the opening part of container (124) the closely fixedly wall (118) of chute (110) or its feather edge (170).In this embodiment, packing element (171) is squeeze receptacle (124) only, and extend upward projection (156,158) collaborative work with the bottom (154) of handle (150) is located, so that holding vessels between the bottom (154) of packing element (171) and handle (150) is closely to keep container (124).

Should be appreciated that pouring spout and handle can form multiple size and adapt to the container that can hold different capabilities and have the different size opening.Especially aspect canister, except above-mentioned one gallon and a quart can, pouring spout and handle also easily are suitable for holding other size, comprise one pint, one liter and pottle canister.

In addition, should be appreciated that the soft seal element can be applied in the zone line of wall (118) except bottom (170).It is also understood that groove or lock flange that the outside face that is positioned at wall can be set, replace the bottom (170) of chute (110) or near packing element (171) or replenish as it, to be used for opening at container (124) in conjunction with chute (110).Similarly, well-known buckle connecting device or other conventional connecting device in the prior art can also be set.

Though be preferred, but the handle (150) and the packing element (171) that thermoplastic elastomer (s), rubber or other flexible material are applied to chute (110) are not essential, and be to be understood that, chute (110)---comprises whole handle portion (150) and packing element (171)---and can be made by homogenous material, for example duroplasts.

In a preferred embodiment, pouring spout (110) also has the wipe surfaces (160) that is used to remove amount of paint, and its wall from chute (110) (118) inwardly stretches out, and is preferably relative with mouth (114).Described surface (160) is flat substantially, has straight basically edge, and when being provided with lid or plug (12), is preferably placed under removable hood or the plug (12), referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.Optional is that if desired, bridge joint lath (36) can be used to replace wipe surfaces (160), arrives Fig. 6 A referring to Fig. 3.

Pouring spout (110) can also comprise one or more magnet (130), is used for keeping removably the aglet of paint brush.In embodiment shown in Figure 16, magnet (138) is connected to wall (118) at the inside face of wall (118) at Figure 11.Optional is that magnet (138) can also be arranged on the wiping wall (160).It should be noted that magnet (138) is connected in the mode that the top surface of each magnet (138) at least is exposed.By its magnetic attraction being imposed on aglet (142), magnet (138) is hanging to paint brush (140) on the opening of canister (124), and this feasible paint from brush (140) can splash into jar (a 124) inside.In addition, can also on handle (150) magnet be set, being used for before use, the back keeps paint brush (140).

Pouring spout (110) and handle (150) thereof are made by injection molded process, take this, duroplasts (for example polypropylene) injects mould with heated liquid form, is cooled then, up to the skeleton of the roughly rigidity of the base model that forms pouring spout (110) and handle (150) thereof.As mentioned above, in injection molded process, handle portion (150) one topotype is annotated the wall (118) of chute (110).Yet, handle (150) can change into following form to be made, that is, pouring out after the zone makes separately of handle (150) and chute (110), the reserve part of chute (110) can optionally be taken or be connected to handle (150) apart from the reserve part of chute (110).

After the skeleton of the roughly rigidity that forms chute (110) by injection molding, for thermoplastic elastomer (s) or other material of fully supplying with as the handle overplate (151) of chute (110) and packing element (171) is provided to chute (110), described skeleton is placed in another mould.Handle overplate (151) and soft seal element (171) offer the skeleton of chute (110) by composite molding (overmold) process, thereby make the thermoplastic elastomer (s) of heating or other similar material be provided to skeleton with liquid form.Adopt this process, in case thermoplastic material cooling forms firm chemistry and is connected between the thermoplastic elastomer (s) of softness and duroplasts, this is feasible to be difficult to separate thermoplastic elastomer (s) from duroplasts.Certainly, can adopt other method except that composite molding that handle overplate (151) and packing element (171) are connected to rigidity chute skeleton.For example, by as soft tectal buckle bonded assembly conventional mechanical anchor fitting, can connect soft handle (151) and packing element (171) simply.In addition, foregoing, whole chute (110), comprise handle (150) and packing element (171) can by duroplasts for example polypropylene make.In addition, grip area (150) or its part can be hollow, with the overall weight of minimizing pouring spout (110), and reduce and make its needed quantity of material.

Though described the present invention according to specific embodiment, be appreciated that embodiment only is the illustration of the application of the principles of the present invention.Under the situation that does not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention, can make a lot of modifications, and can design other device.

Claims (44)

1. handle equipment, when described equipment combined with a container, this equipment was used for holding this container and fluid is poured out from described container, and this handle equipment comprises:

Chute;

Wall with inside face, outside face and bottom, described wall is around the inside of described equipment, and described chute radially outward stretches out from described wall;

Handle with top and bottom, described handle stretches out from described wall at the described top end of described handle; And

Be used for the holding device of described device engagement to described container, it is positioned at the described bottom of described wall and the described bottom of described handle;

Wherein said equipment can optionally be connected to described container and separate from described container.

2. equipment according to claim 1, described equipment also is included in the packing element of the described bottom of described wall, and when described equipment was attached to described container, the sealing element was used for forming sealing between the opening of described equipment and described container.

3. equipment according to claim 2 also comprises the connecting device of the described bottom that is positioned at described wall, and this connecting device is used for engaging described equipment at the opening part of described container.

4. equipment according to claim 3, wherein said second connecting device comprise that along the lock flange of the described outside face of described wall described flange can engage the edge of described container.

5. equipment according to claim 1, wherein packing element comprises thermoplastic elastomer (s).

6. equipment according to claim 1, wherein packing element comprises rubber.

7. equipment according to claim 1, wherein handle comprises thermoplastic elastomer (s).

8. equipment according to claim 1, wherein handle comprises rubber.

9. equipment according to claim 1, wherein handle comprises soft overplate.

10. equipment according to claim 1, wherein handle stretches out from described wall in the position relative with the described position of described chute.

11. equipment according to claim 1, wherein the whole topotype of handle is annotated the described wall of described equipment.

12. equipment according to claim 1, described holding device are included at least one upwardly extending projection of the described bottom of described handle, it is suitable for the edge of described device engagement to described container.

13. equipment according to claim 1 also comprises being positioned at the one or more magnet that being used on the described wall keeps paint brush.

14. equipment according to claim 1, wherein said fluid are that paint and described container are standard rigid cylindrical canisters, and described equipment is fit to use with described standard rigid cylindrical canister.

15. equipment according to claim 1, described equipment also comprise the wipe surfaces of stretching out that extends internally from described wall, described surface is mainly used at brush and removes fluid from described brush when described wipe surfaces of stretching out is mentioned.

16. equipment according to claim 15, wherein said wipe surfaces of stretching out is flat basically, and has straight basically edge.

17. equipment according to claim 16, wherein said wipe surfaces of stretching out is downward-sloping towards the inside of described container.

18. a pouring spout, it comprises:

Central opening;

Wall, it has outside face and inside face and upper limb and lower edge, and described wall extends around described central opening, and the described lower edge of described wall is installed to the opening of container;

Mouth, it is configured to help liquid mainly to flow out from container at described mouth, and described mouth is protruding from described wall, and away from described central opening, leaves at described mouth thereby be convenient to liquid at described container when the general direction of described mouth tilts;

Be connected to the handle of described wall; And

Connecting device on described handle is used for described chute is fixed to described container.

19. pouring spout according to claim 18, wherein handle comprises the outer cover of being made up of thermoplastic elastomer (s).

20. pouring spout according to claim 18, wherein handle comprises the outer cover of being made up of rubber.

21. pouring spout according to claim 18 also comprises the packing element of the described lower edge that is positioned at described wall.

22. pouring spout according to claim 18, the described connecting device on described handle comprises at least one projection that is suitable in conjunction with the edge, base of described container.

23. a pouring spout, it is suitable for using with one quart of paint container of standard rigid cylindrical, and described container has opening and bottom, and described pouring spout comprises:

Endoporus;

Wall with upper limb, lower edge and middle section, described wall extends around described endoporus;

Help paint to flow out the mouth of described container, described mouth forms the part of described wall; And

From the handle that described wall stretches out, described handle is suitable for closely engaging the bottom of described container.

24. chute according to claim 23 also comprises packing element, it is positioned at the described lower edge of described wall, and the sealing element is used for described opening part at described container and forms sealing between described chute and the described container.

25. chute according to claim 23 also comprises packing element, it is positioned at the described middle section of described wall, and the sealing element is used for described opening part at described container and forms sealing between described chute and the described container.

26. a pouring spout is used for pouring out liquid from the opening of container with edge, base, it comprises:

Mouth;

Wall with upper limb, lower edge and middle section, described mouth is connected to described wall;

Handle with bottom, described handle stretches out from described wall;

First and second blocking devices, described first blocking device is positioned at described wall, and the described opening part at described container is optionally fixed described chute, described second blocking device is positioned at the described bottom of described handle, and optionally fixes described chute in the edge, the described end of described container; And

The hole, when described chute optionally is fixed on its opening, described hole basically with described container described opening aim at.

27. chute according to claim 26, wherein handle comprises soft overplate.

28. chute according to claim 27, wherein soft overplate comprises thermoplastic material.

29. chute according to claim 27, wherein soft overplate comprises rubber.

30. chute according to claim 26, wherein mouth extends radially outwardly from described wall.

31. chute according to claim 26 also comprises the wipe surfaces that is used for removing from paint brush paint.

32. chute according to claim 26 also comprises being positioned at the exposure magnet that being used on the described wall keeps paint brush.

33. chute according to claim 26 also comprises the packing element of the described lower edge that is positioned at described wall.

34. chute according to claim 26 also comprises the packing element of the described middle section that is positioned at described wall.

35. pour out equipment for one kind, be used for pouring out liquid from container with edge, base, it comprises:

Passage, described liquid flows out from described passage;

Inner chamber, it has the side periphery;

Wall, it has lower edge, and joins with the described periphery of described inner chamber, and forms the profile of described passage;

Handle, it has the bottom, and described handle is connected to described wall; And

Connecting device, it optionally connects the device to described container at the described lower edge of described wall and in the described bottom of described handle.

36. equipment according to claim 35, wherein said container are gallon paint.

37. equipment according to claim 35, wherein said container are one quart of canisters.

38. equipment according to claim 35, wherein said container are one liter of canisters.

39. equipment according to claim 35, wherein said container are one pint of canisters.

40. equipment according to claim 35, wherein handle comprises soft cladding element.

41. according to the described equipment of claim 40, wherein soft cladding element comprises anti-slip material.

42. equipment according to claim 35, wherein connecting device is at the packing element of the described lower edge of wall.

43. equipment according to claim 35, described connecting device is included in the protuberance and the pin of the described bottom of described handle, described protuberance and pin are fit to engage the described feather edge of described container, and wherein said feather edge is placed and is fixed between described protuberance and the described pin.

44. equipment according to claim 35, described connecting device are positioned at the described bottom of described handle, and when described handle joined described container to, described connecting device was arranged under the described container.

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