CN102050253A

CN102050253A - Container with anti-skidding mechanism

Info

Publication number: CN102050253A
Application number: CN2009102087386A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 尼拉杰·哈因
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2009-11-05
Filing date: 2009-11-05
Publication date: 2011-05-11
Anticipated expiration: 2029-11-05
Also published as: CN102050253B

Abstract

The invention relates to a container such as a bowl and the like. In an embodiment of the invention, the container comprises an outer shell and an inner shell which is at least partially located inside the outer shell. The inner shell can be made from stainless steel and other materials. The outer shell can be made from plastic and other materials. An anti-skidding mechanism, such as a belt made from elastic material or other materials, can be arranged on the outer shell.

Description

Container with anti-skidding mechanism

Technical field

Each embodiment disclosed herein is devoted to the container such as bowl, and this container has this container of prevention and leaves standstill the mechanism of sliding on the surface at place at this container.

Background technology

Corrosion-resistant steel extensively is considered as the water bowl of dog or other performing animal use and the expectation material of rice bowl.Particularly, cut in water bowl or the rice bowl and gouge form the zone that can promote the harmful bacteria growth.With compare such as plastic or other material, corrosion-resistant steel can be resisted and draw be carved and a gouge.Therefore, promote the cut or the gouge of bacterial growth to be not easy to be formed on the corrosion-resistant steel bowl.

Expectation water bowl or rice bowl have some non-slip feature portion and are pulled on the floor when animal drinks water to prevent bowl.For example, stop the elastomeric material band that slides to use the permanent fixation method of colloid or some other type by the attached bottom that adheres to bowl.Yet, in dish-washing machine, being subjected to repeatedly after the cycles of washing, the frequent mis-behave of elastomeric material also breaks away from from bowl.

Anti-skidding mechanism is installed as it can be removed fast and easily become a present difficult problem before bowl is placed on dish-washing machine, particularly under the situation of the bowl that corrosion-resistant steel forms.For example, use interference fit to keep anti-skidding mechanism to require groove, raceway groove or further feature portion in bowl, to form more approaching dimension limit relatively.The punching course that is generally used for making the corrosion-resistant steel bowl to be shaped generally is unsuitable for being used to form to have in order to realize the feature portion of the necessary accuracy rate required with effective interference fit of anti-skidding mechanism.

Summary of the invention

Each embodiment such as containers such as bowls can comprise shell, and the inner casing that is positioned at this shell at least in part.Described inner casing can be by forming such as materials such as corrosion-resistant steels.Described shell can be by forming such as plastic or other material.Anti-skidding mechanism, for example the band of elastomeric material or other material can be installed on the described shell.

Description of drawings

Read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, can understand aforementioned summary of the invention and detailed description of preferred embodiment hereinafter better.Accompanying drawing only illustrates for illustrative purposes, and the scope of claims is not limited to the specific embodiment shown in the accompanying drawing.In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the lateral plan of embodiment of bowl with anti-skidding mechanism of loop type;

Fig. 2 is the cutaway view along the bowl shown in Figure 1 of the line A-A intercepting of Fig. 4;

Fig. 3 is the birds-eye perspective of the bowl shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is the upward view of the bowl shown in Fig. 1-3;

Fig. 5 is the enlarged drawing in the zone " B " among Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is the enlarged drawing in the zone " B " among Fig. 2, wherein encircles from the shell of bowl to remove;

Fig. 7 is the enlarged drawing in the zone " B " among Fig. 2, and it illustrates ring and just is removed from shell; With

Fig. 8 is the enlarged drawing in the zone " C " among Fig. 2.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1-8 illustrates the embodiment of the bowl 10 with anti-skidding mechanism.Bowl 10 for example can be used as the water bowl that dog or other performing animal are used.Disclosed bowl 10 is used for this application-specific only for illustrative purposes.Bowl 10 and alternative embodiment thereof also can be used for other application.

Bowl 10 is shown as in Fig. 2 and rests on the surface 50.Surface 50 can for example be surface wooden or the porcelain floor.

Bowl 10 comprises inner casing 12 and shell 14.Inner casing 12 can be stamped, perhaps otherwise by forming such as stainless steel and other metal materials.Shell 14 can use jet molding or other suitable technique by forming such as non-metallic materials such as thermoplastic material, injection moulding material or other plastic materials.

Inner casing 12 is suitable for being enclosed within the shell 14, as shown in Figure 2 on size and dimension.As shown in Figure 8, for example by the upper limb of inner casing 12 is folding and be crimped onto on the lip 15 that forms along the upper limb of shell 14, inner casing 12 can be secured to shell 14.In alternative embodiment, inner casing 12 can use other suitable way for example connecting element or adhesives and be secured to shell 14.

Bowl 10 also can comprise the non-slip feature portion of 16 forms of encircling.Ring 16 is installed on the shell 14, makes the basal surface 17 of ring 16 to towards down and mating surfaces 50, as shown in Figure 2.

Component orientations shown in seeing figures.1.and.2 is used such as " bottom ", " top ", " downwards ", " making progress ", " level ", " vertically " directional terms.These terms only use for illustrative purposes, are not intended to limit the scope of claims.

Ring 16 can be formed by the material of elasticity or other type, and this material provides anti-skidding in the external force that bowl 10 is had horizontal (that is level) component as the time spent.For example, ring 16 can be formed by synthetic or natural rubber.Horizontal force component is represented by the Reference numeral among Fig. 2 " F ".

The basal surface 17 of ring 16 can have formation a plurality of concentric spine, projection or rib 18 thereon, shown in Fig. 5-7.Rib 18 is not illustrated among Fig. 4 for the purpose of clear.Rib 18 is believed to increase when moistening on surface 50 friction of ring 16 between with surperficial 50.In alternative embodiment, ring 16 can be configured to there is not rib 18.

Inner casing 12 has the sidewall 30 that circumferentially extends and in abutting connection with the near planar base surface 32 of sidewall 30, as shown in Figures 2 and 3.Sidewall 30 and basal surface 32 limits and can hold the potable water that animal for example uses or the open volume 33 of meal.

Shell 14 has the sidewall 36 that circumferentially extends and in abutting connection with the basal surface 38 of sidewall 36.

The corresponding sidewall 30 of inner casing 12 and shell 14 and sidewall 36 can be with respect to vertical direction about 15 degree that tilt upwardly and outwardly.In alternative embodiment, sidewall 30 and sidewall 36 can be vertically-oriented, perhaps can make progress and slope inwardly.

Ring 16 can allow ring 16 to be easy to remove and be reinstalled on the shell 14 from shell 14 being installed to be on the shell 14.For example, shell 14 can have be formed the position thereon raceway groove 22 form almost circular towards under groove, as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7.Raceway groove 22 is limited by first surface 24a, second surface 24b and the 3rd surperficial 24b of shell 14.First surface 24a and second surface 24b extend upward from the basal surface 38 of shell, with one heart, and the sidepiece of formation raceway groove 22.The 3rd surperficial 24c is in abutting connection with the first and second surperficial 24a, 24b, and the top of qualification raceway groove 22.

The width of raceway groove 22 is by the symbol " W among Fig. 6 ₁" represent, and limit by the interval between first surface 24a and the second surface 24b.The width of ring 16 is by the symbol " W among Fig. 6 ₂" represent, and limit by the inner circumferential surface 25a of ring 16 and the interval between the external peripheral surface 25b.

Ring 16 is maintained in the raceway groove 22 by interference fit.Particularly, ring 16 and shell 14 are configured to make the width W of raceway groove 22 ₁Approximate or be slightly less than the width W of ring 16 ₂Because this structure, ring 16 by shell 14 the first and second surperficial 24a, 24b and the friction between corresponding inside and outside circumferential surface 24a, the 24b of ring 16 be maintained in the raceway groove 22.

The degree of depth of raceway groove 22 is represented by the symbol among Fig. 6 " D ", and is limited by the first surface 24a of shell 14 and height or the vertical size of second surface 24b.Ring 16 height is by the symbol among Fig. 6 " H " expression, and by between the top surface 27 of the bottom of rib 18 and ring 16 apart from limiting.Ring 16 and shell 14 are configured to make the height H of ring 16 to be slightly larger than the depth D of raceway groove 22.Because this is provided with, rib 18 extends to below the plane that the basal surface 38 with shell 14 intersects, and the remainder that encircles 16 basal surface 17 be similar to coplanes as Fig. 2 and basal surface 38 shown in Figure 5.Mating surfaces 50 when so rib 18 rests on the surface 50 at bowl 10.

Rib 18 and surface contacting between 50 increased and is subjected to horizontal force component F at bowl 10 makes the friction force that time spent opposing bowl 10 slides on surface 50.For example, this can occur in when dog or other animal attempt drinking-water from bowl and with bowl on the surface 50 marquis when promoting.Friction force thereby can prevent that bowl 10 from moving away expectation or the selected places of surface on 50.

Ring 16 can remove from shell 14 fast and easily.For example, hope will encircle 16 people that remove can be with the lower edge of ring 16 external peripheral surface 25b and finger, pocket knife or other object joint that can catch relative softer ring 16.Ring 16 can outwards promote, and away from as shown in Figure 7 raceway groove 22, thereby allow the people to catch ring 16 up to enough parts of exposing ring 16.So whole ring 16 can be drawn out raceway groove 22.

Before the remainder of bowl 10 was placed on dish-washing machine, ring 16 thereby enough minimum time of energy and strength removed from shell 14.Make the influence that stands a plurality of dishwasher cycle such as ring anti-skidding mechanisms such as 16 can cause anti-skidding mechanism and accessory tool performance thereof to reduce.Therefore, ring 16 is configured to removable this potential performance of can eliminating and reduces the service life that therefore source also prolongs bowl 10.

The part of the basal surface 17 of bowl and the basal surface of shell 14 38 approximate coplanes are as Fig. 1 and shown in Figure 5.This feature portion is difficult to dog or other animal so that encircle 16 and be easy to catch ring 16 from the mode that raceway groove 22 removes.

The plastic material that forms shell 14 can be accepted paint and ink.Therefore, ornamental feature portion 40 can paint or be printed on the outside face of sidewall 36 of shell 14, as shown in figures 1 and 3.By contrast, stainless steel surfaces generally can not be accepted paint or ink, thereby can not make that suitable surface is used for being painted or printed decoration feature portion.And plastic housing 14 opposings bite.

Can use jet molding or other suitable manufacturing technology to be formed in the shell 14 such as feature portions such as raceway grooves 22 with relative more approaching dimension limit.The ability that forms raceway groove 22 with more approaching relatively tolerance can help using interference fit, remains on the shell will encircle 16.And interference fit can be avoided ring 16 is attached to shell 14 needed connecting elements, pillar or other supplementary features portion.And as mentioned above, the use of interference fit helps will encircling 16 with minimum time and strength and removes from shell 14.By contrast, use punching press or other metal operation technique, be difficult to or can not will be formed in the stainless steel case such as feature portions such as raceway grooves 22 with the required necessary accuracy rate of ring 16 interference fit helping.

The volume 33 interior water that remain on bowl 10 are exposed to corrosion-resistant steel inner casing 12.As mentioned above, stainless use has reduced the possibility that water is exposed to harmful bacteria.And the use of plastic housing 14 allows will be formed in the bowl 10 such as feature portions such as raceway grooves 22 to help the accuracy rate required with encircling 16 interference fit.And plastics help using ornamental feature portion 40 on the sidewall 36 of shell 14.

More than describe the purpose that is provided for explaination, be not considered as limiting the present invention.Although described the preferred embodiments of the present invention or method for optimizing, be understandable that word used herein is description and exemplary word, rather than the word of restriction.And although described the present invention with reference to ad hoc structure, method and embodiment at this paper, the present invention is not intended to limit and is that extraordinary circumstances disclosed herein, the present invention can expand to all structures, the methods and applications in the claims scope.The those skilled in the art that obtain the benefit of this specification sheets instruction can make various modifications to invention described herein, and make various changes under the situation of the scope and spirit of the present invention that do not deviate from the claims qualification.

For example, be used to the embodiment of bowl 10 forms that performing animal is filled with water only to be disclosed for illustrative purposes.Principle disclosed herein can be applicable to the container of other type, includes but not limited to the dish and the bowl of filling a bowl with rice for human customer.And the alternative embodiment in desired extent of the present invention can form does not have anti-skidding mechanism.

The alternative embodiment of bowl 10 can be shaped as the shape that is different from bowl 10.And, only be disclosed for illustrative purposes as the circle of anti-skidding mechanism, the use of continuous loop 16.Anti-skidding mechanism can have other shape in alternative embodiment.For example, anti-skidding mechanism can be tailored the shape for the basal surface of the container that uses this anti-skidding mechanism.Therefore, the container with rectangular base surface can comprise the anti-skidding mechanism of rectangle.And anti-skidding mechanism can be formed in a plurality of parts in alternative embodiment with the raceway groove that holds it.And in alternative embodiment, ring 16 can be maintained on the shell 14 by the method beyond the interference fit.

Claims

1. container comprises:

First shell that forms by non-metallic material;

Form and be positioned at least in part second shell of described first shell by metallic material; With

Be installed in the anti-skidding mechanism on described first shell removedly.

2. container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said anti-skidding mechanism comprises one or more flexible components.

3. container as claimed in claim 2, wherein said one or more flexible components are installed on described first shell removedly by using the interference fit between described one or more flexible component and described first shell.

4. container as claimed in claim 3, wherein said first shell have the one or more grooves that form therein, and it holds described one or more flexible component.

5. container as claimed in claim 2, wherein said anti-skidding mechanism comprises the elastomeric material ring.

6. container as claimed in claim 5, wherein said ring are positioned in the circular groove that is formed in described first shell.

7. container as claimed in claim 3, each in wherein said one or more flexible components all has basal surface, the basic coplane of basal surface of at least a portion of this basal surface and described first shell.

8. container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said non-metallic material are thermoplastic material, thermoset material or other plastic material.

9. container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said metallic material are corrosion-resistant steel.

10. container as claimed in claim 1, wherein: described second shell comprises sidewall and in abutting connection with the bottom of the substantially flat of this sidewall; And described sidewall and described bottom limit can receiving fluids open volume.

11. container as claimed in claim 1, wherein printed matter is illustrated on the outside face of described second shell.

12. container as claimed in claim 1, the upper limb of wherein said second shell are folded the lip around described first shell, so that described second shell is fastened to described first shell.

13. a container comprises:

First shell that forms by non-metallic material; With

Form and be positioned at least in part second shell of described first shell by metallic material.

14. container as claimed in claim 13, wherein said non-metallic material are thermoplastic material, thermoset material or other plastic material.

15. container as claimed in claim 13, wherein said metallic material are corrosion-resistant steel.