CN101541663A

CN101541663A - Bottle cap opener

Info

Publication number: CN101541663A
Application number: CNA2008800002353A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 约翰·拉森
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2007-01-31
Filing date: 2008-01-28
Publication date: 2009-09-23
Also published as: SE0700232L; SE530809C2; WO2008094101A1

Abstract

The present invention discloses a bottle cap opener comprising a ring (1) which is arranged to sit on one of the fingers of a user and which with a pivotal bearing (31) carries a pivoting lid, which covers a hook (4), which serves to grip under a free edge part of a bottle cap. The lid (3) in a second pivot end position is arranged to provide a support for the crown cap at a radial distance from the bottle cap edge part being gripped by the hook. The hook (4) is arranged in a pivot bearing on the ring around a shaft which is substantially parallel to the shaft (31) of the pivot bearing, and is pivotable in relation to the lid into a, from the inside of the lid, operative end position, and wherein the hook is arranged to be pivoted back towards the inside of the lid at the lowering of the lid over the hook towards the ring.

Description

Bottle cap opener

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of bottle cap opener as described in the preamble according to claim 1.

Background technology

The present invention relates to a kind of bottle cap opener, it comprises the ring that is used to be placed on one of them finger of user, and comprise by articulating the lid that bearing can pivot and install, the locational lid of first round end covers crotch, this crotch is arranged on the ring body, be used to be clamped under the free edge part of crown stopper, and be arranged to expose described crotch, and can be in the support that forms apart from one segment distance place, marginal portion crown stopper by the crown stopper of described crotch ingear at the locational lid of second round end.

In CA1141106, this bottle cap opener is disclosed.

In existing known bottle cap opener, the lid axle journal is installed in the bearing and rotates with distaff, and the axis that it is parallel to by the ring body split shed makes lid and crotch act on the circumferencial direction of finger ring with respect to the bearing force of bottle cap.

The described shortcoming that has known bottle cap opener now is, the bottle cap open operation of carrying out under bottle cap opener is assisted can make ring body be subjected to torsional interaction on the circumferencial direction at ring body, this means that bottle cap opener often will rotate around user's finger when the bottle cap open operation.The result is that on the one hand the user is difficult to ring body is applied enough torques, is carrying out once or several times during the bottle cap open operation, finger may come to harm owing to the friction with ring body on the other hand.

Described shortcoming that also has that has known bottle cap opener now is; described ring body will be between the outside face of osed top lid outside and ring body, be to occupy certain radial wall thickness in the residing zone of crotch; because the bottle cap retained part of crotch have certain radially outstanding outside when operation must the adjacent part at ring body, and under encapsulation situations diametrically the lid outside that must be in crotch with very sharp wedge angle part usually in the protection crotch.

Summary of the invention

Thus, it can eliminate the bottle cap opener of above-mentioned or several shortcomings wholly or in part to an object of the present invention is to provide a kind of usefulness.

This purpose is realized by the present invention.

Content of the present invention is limited by appended independent claims.

One embodiment of the present of invention are limited by dependent claims.

Description of drawings

With way of example the present invention is described below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 has shown according to the present invention the lateral plan of the bottle cap opener under serviceability.

Fig. 2 has shown along the view of the line II-II direction of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 has shown along the view of the line III-III direction of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 has shown the transparent view of bottle cap opener.

Fig. 5 has shown the schematic cross-section of being got along the line V-V direction of Fig. 3.

The specific embodiment

Bottle cap opener according to the present invention comprises finger ring body 1, and it has the radially circumferential section 2 of thickening, and this circumferential section 2 supports lid 3.The finger opening portion 11 of ring body 1 has axis 12.Lid 3 can be around bearing axis 31 rotation, described bearing axis 31 be located at an end of ring body 1 and be in axis 12 plane orthogonal on, perpendicular with axis 12.Be provided with groove in ring body part 2, its bottom surface is along between the flange of two almost parallels of thickening part 2.Lid 3 has a folding free end flange 33, when lid 3 was on its permission detent position, with respect to the basal surface 21 of the thickening part of encircling 2 to groove, the formation between the opposite end of flange 22 was isolated, thus, the main portion 3 of lid has formed the top of groove 21.Then will be in outside the lid in the plane that radially outward edge surrounded by flange 22, and the outside of cap portion 33 is in the approach end plane of ring body thickening part 2 fully.Clamping crotch 4 comprises the element that is generally L shaped shape, and it has long handle part 42, and its first free end portion 41 can be installed on the lid 3 rotationally around the pivot axis 31 that is parallel to lid, preferably is set as shown in the figure and the coaxial rotation of lid.The other end at shank 42 is connected with short handle portion 43, and it points to the direction away from ring usually perpendicular to shank 42.The first end section 41 that in Fig. 5, has shown shank 42, its shank axle journal around axle 31 is installed, so that with respect to lid 3 pivoting actions, and has radially a sponson, in order to screw out shank 42 pre-positions, form the arcuate surface 46 of the stayed surface 38 on the lid along the direction that deviates from lid 3 first type surfaces.On this position that shank 42 screws out with respect to lid 3, short handle portion 43 directions are parallel to the plane of lid 3 usually, and shank 42 maintains a segment distance with the basal surface 21 with groove.In addition, shown also among the figure that crotch shank 43 protrudes upward and exceed the plane of the upper surface formation of side flange 22, is on the normal plane about ring body axis 12, basically so that can be clamped in exactly below the bottle cap edge when lid 3 is mentioned.In Fig. 2-4, shown that crotch 4 has certain width, this width is the part of lid 3 width, and is positioned in the middle of the lid width.In addition, shown also among the figure that lid 3 has bearing shoulder 34 on every side of the end 41 of shank 42.At least one has the part 61 of stretching out from bearing rod 31 in these shoulders 34, and its abut groove bottom surface 21 screws out on the position of main portion 3 perpendicular to groove basal surface 21 of lid wherein with restriction lid 3.

When at first when it allows downward terminal position to reduce lid 3, crotch 4 will begin engagement concavity groove bottom 21, when lid 3 further moves downward, although crotch 4 has a length apart from bearing rod 31, this length is longer than the distance between bearing rod 31 and the groove floor 21, but crotch 4 still can turn round with respect to lid 3 inside faces along bearing 31, thereby lid can allow downward terminal position to be rotated down towards it, and is parallel with groove floor 21.

Because crotch 44 can be pivoted in the bearing with respect to lid 3, therefore the height of groove 22 can minimize, make the ring body radial wall thickness in the lid zone to be defined, and because lid 3 has terminal position backstop when screwing out, therefore since around lift on the axis that is parallel to bearing 31 moment of torsion make lid 3 and crotch 4 can put on bottle cap one stable on lift application force.

Chamfering 50 is arranged on the crossover position between groove floor 21 and the ring body end surfaces relative with bearing 31.Thus, nail can reach below the end of lid flange 33, promotes from its detent position to impel lid 3.Optionally, the clamped flanges 36 that stretches out can be arranged on free end 36 places of lid flange 33, moves to open position further to impel lid 3.Lid 3 can have frictional fit and remains in the detent position with easy with unclamping thus.

Described bottle cap opener can be placed on any finger, and described thus ring body is preferably put like this: bearing 31 residing ring body ends are nearest from palm.In addition, described bottle cap opener can also be put like this: described lid is positioned at down and refers on the abdomen.

Optionally, lid 3 releasable remaining on can utilize small friction force to realize in the detent position, make the user just can make lid 3 accelerated movements by rotating hand or finger apace, described thus lid can screw out opens end position, and crotch 4 is taken in the operable position.Optionally, spring can be set crotch 4 is biased to the direction that screws out end position towards it with respect to lid 3.Optionally, rim lock also can be set utilizes minor effect power to keep lid at detent position.

Claims

1, a kind of bottle cap opener, it comprises the ring body (1) that is arranged for a finger of contact user, and it utilizes the subsidiary lid that can pivot of trunnion bearing (31), described lid covers crotch (4) at the first pivotal end positions place, described crotch is arranged on the ring, in order to the free edge below partly that is clamped in bottle cap, thus, described lid (3) is used at the second pivotal end positions place in the bottle cap marginal portion radial distance with described crotch clamping crown stopper outside face being provided support, described ring body (1) has the finger of holding path (11), it has defined straight-through axis (12), the pivotal axis of described lid (31) extends across the straight-through axis (12) of described ring body path (11) thus, it is characterized in that, described crotch (4) is arranged on the trunnion bearing of ring around the axle parallel with the axle (31) of trunnion bearing, and can outwards be pivoted to exercisable end position from the inboard of described lid with respect to lid, wherein said crotch be arranged to can with lid when the ring body direction reduces and has covered crotch to the inboard pivot revolution of lid.

2, bottle cap opener as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described lid has the terminal position of extension, and wherein said lid mainly extends in the plane perpendicular to described straight-through axis (12), and its retracted position is positioned at from that and begins 90 ° of distances.

3, as claim 1 or 2 each described bottle cap openers, it is characterized in that, described ring body has groove, it is covered by described closure body, thus when described crotch is in the bottom of described groove, the height of described groove is a bit larger tham the radially outstanding of described crotch, and when extending to it and open terminal position, described crotch (4) is arranged to rotate with described lid, and the described bottle cap bare terminal part (43) of described crotch is stretched out outside the described groove diametrically thus.

As each described bottle cap opener among the claim 1-3, it is characterized in that 4, the pivot axis of described crotch (4) and described lid (3) is coaxial.