CN1102526A

CN1102526A - Simulated beverage container

Info

Publication number: CN1102526A
Application number: CN94190062A
Authority: CN
Inventors: A·P·佩夫利; T·A·宾格; D·A·罗伯特斯
Original assignee: CarnaudMetalbox PLC
Current assignee: Crown Packaging UK Ltd
Priority date: 1993-03-10
Filing date: 1994-03-04
Publication date: 1995-05-10
Also published as: WO1994020376A1; CA2135393A1; GB9304862D0; AU6147094A; JPH07506556A

Abstract

A container comprising a simulated beverage container having an end wall which appears to be an ecology end but which has a removable tab and a closure panel, a compartment which houses an item to be ejected on opening the container and separate sealed members which are partially filled with liquid. The container is lined with rubbery material so that it feels like a pressurised beverage container when squeezed, the liquid in the sealed members being free to move around so that the container sounds as if it were filled with beverage.

Description

Simulated beverage container

The present invention relates to a kind of container.Specifically, the present invention relates to a kind of simulation drinking container.This simulation drinking container is suitable for doing the usefulness that splendid attire is for example promoted article or present, but it gets the outward appearance of splendid attire drinking container.

By using eye-catching advertising items or " amusement " article to promote a kind of product is the known distribution practice.This practice is very general in the retail trade of food and household supplies.Breakfast cereal is additional present in this food package box often, and other dehydrated food is then often promoted by put into some amusement article in this packaging for foodstuffs or in actual product.

Additional a kind of present or other article comprise this kind present than in dehydrated food or other article can cause bigger difficulty in a kind of fluid product.The concrete difficulty of an additional present in fluid product, its reason is that this fluid product has the trend that is attached on this present, making it needs this present is cleared up after the back thing takes out in taking out.Similarly, if this present is made by paper, then this fluid product is with moistening this present or cause this present made of paper to damage.On the contrary, under any circumstance, need to guarantee that any present will not produce pollution to product itself.

When a kind of fluid product was promoted in manufacturer's attempt, the common practice was at any eye-catching advertising items of packing of this product beyond the region of objective existence portion affix, and does not comprise this eye-catching advertising items within this product itself.For this reason, often the article that a kind of desire of affix is promoted on the packing container of each product make the customer to see and can obtain free article, and the customer can not buy and not have to add the product that free article are arranged usually.The pollution problem that causes of product or though this outer piggy-back promotion can be avoided because the pollution problem that present causes product, but this practice obviously need be paid expensive cost, because the product of all same sizes and type each and every one all must be additional to promote article.

Though desire might be promoted article or present comprises within it to substitute this product, but in this case, obviously the value that requires this desire to promote article or present must be enough to allow the customer be sure of, it is desired to have obtained due compensation because of having lacked the loss that this portioned product suffers.At this moment, on economic viewpoint, just need guarantee to make the customer to judge the sort of desire distribution article and comprise within it from the outward appearance of this product container.For the household supplies in this problem,, screw top jar opaque for being contained in is a quite flat-footed thing, but for for the container of beverage can, being difficult to realize.

According to simulation drinking container provided by the present invention, on this container, provide with container endwall, this end wall comprises: have the central plate that is limited a perforate by tear line; In order to the plate opened of perforate in the central plate of closure, this can be opened plate and be connected on this central authorities' plate by the tear line that is centered around its circumference; Be connected to the cover plate that draws that this can open plate, this draws cover plate to have to extend in this can open the protrusion on the plate and covers this central authorities' plate and this rear portion of drawing cover plate to break away from this central authorities' plate and tear this tear line in order to tearing; This tear line comprises: the second area that the first area of exposure and this draw cover plate to cover makes this draw the cover plate shape as being fixedly connected on this end wall.

If a kind of desire is promoted article or present need be packaged in the beverage can, then must after opening this beverage can, can from this beverage can, take out easily.At present, a kind of " ecology " end face has been widely used in this field.This end face draws cover plate, lifting when drawing this to draw cover plate, can open plate and advance in this beverage can, drinks perforate thereby provide.This draws cover plate still to be connected this end face, and this can be opened plate and then extend within this drink grain jar.Therefore, this plate hampers the taking-up that this desire is promoted article or present.

So simulating a kind of end wall of drinking container end wall, it has " ecological end face ", and meaning promptly has and holds the cover plate that draws that stays, and draws cover plate though this draws cover plate and this can open plate as pull type, also can be removed from container.

Additional other difficulty with present or desire distribution article is to deposit and carry with it relevant in the simulation container; for example such when opening situation about needing before the container container when freezing, the variation that this container must bearing temperature and protection present wherein avoids because the storage requirement of container or carrying influence cause damage.

According to another aspect of the present invention, provide with a kind of simulation drinking container, it comprises: bottom, hollow body and end wall.This end wall comprises: central plate is formed with the perforate that is limited by tear line on this central authorities' plate; In order to the plate opened of closed this perforate, this can be opened plate and be connected to this central authorities' plate by the tear line around its circumference; With draw cover plate.This hollow body comprises: the liner of being made by elastomeric material; Chamber is filled the liquid in exterior this hollow body of this chamber at least in part; With prevent that liquid is penetrated into the permeability apparatus that prevents in this chamber.

Best, this simulation drinking container comprises the above ecological end wall of narration.

This liner can be made by any elastomeric material, and this elastomeric material is elastomeric and like rubber when being compressed and discharge.Preferable material is a silaatic.This liner gives this container compressible slightly feel, is had the compressible slightly feel with the container of carbonated beverage just as splendid attire.The Shore hardness of this gasket material between 30 to 65 for well, and being best between 35 to 45.

In order to prevent that liquid is penetrated into the permeability apparatus that prevents in this chamber, generally include at least one sealing element, partly splendid attire is with liquid.Be convenient meter, this sealing element may simply be rubber or plastic pipe, and its two ends all are plugged.Be appreciated that, also can use for substitute or the additional permeability apparatus that prevents as around the sealing member of this chamber etc.

In this container, provide, in order to when shaking this container, to simulate the sound that the sort of splendid attire sends with the container of beverage with liquid.The position of chamber and sealing element is preferably in place fixing.These characteristics are for waiting to be fixed on the chamber particular importance especially that can open plate below.These characteristics are favourable for the sound of the component movement that unlikely generation when shaking this container can be heard.On bonding this liner of for example available lining cement of this chamber and sealing element and fix it, maybe can fix it with for example silaatic or gasket material by between them, filling.

Best, each is made up of this chamber and sealing element plastic pipe.The bottom of this chamber is by plug seal, and its opened end portions then is adjacent to this can open plate.After removing this and can opening plate, this chamber just can come out, so present or the desire that just can take out in it are promoted article.

This chamber can comprise device for ejecting, and this device for ejecting can be compression spring or piston apparatus, is removing after this can open plate, and this repeller can be promoted article with the present in this chamber or desire and eject.

Drawn cover plate hidden by this in this tear line, preferably have low-down tearing mark heels.This means that the material of making profound tearing mark and only leaving seldom is a heels below tearing mark.This second area serves as better with the line of cut that passes this end wall.

Referring now to preferential enforcement the presenting a demonstration property explanation of accompanying drawing to simulation drinking container of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is the longitdinal cross-section diagram of simulation drinking container of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the birds-eye view of container before opening shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the birds-eye view of container after opening shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is the longitdinal cross-section diagram of second embodiment of simulation drinking container of the present invention;

Fig. 5 a, 5b and 5c are the section drawing of end in opening procedure of the simulation drinking container in Fig. 1 or 4.

The longitdinal cross-section diagram of simulation drinking container 10 of the present invention shown in Fig. 1 before opening.

Container 10 comprises: a cylinder 20, this cylinder 20 have arch bottom 15 and in its end, top by end wall 30 closures.These cylinder 20 usefulness silaatics 40 come liner, this cylinder 20 comprise among a present chamber 50 and other three the chamber 60(figure chamber only is shown).This silaatic 40 extends in big around each chamber, so that remain on this chamber on its position and prevent that it from producing unwished-for motion.When this container was squeezed, this silaatic was given a kind of foams shape of this container, compressible slightly feel, and this feel is identical with the feel that squeezes when being loaded with the carbonated beverage container.

Chamber

50 and 60 comprises

plastic pipe

55 and 65 respectively.The two ends of pipe 65 are plugged.Clog with rubber plug 70 and manage 55 bottom.Pipe 65 partly splendid attire with water 68, make it can be in this pipe free-flowing.

Pipe 55 has inner sleeve made of plastic 58, and this inner sleeve 58 only plays a part to reduce the internal diameter of pipe 55.Spring 80 is arranged in sleeve 58, and this spring 80 is fixed to the bottom of this chamber 50, and this spring 80 is by present 90 compression of exerting pressure, and this present then is resisted against on the end wall 30.Annular element 85 is covered with sleeve 58 and pipe 55, may then pass the centre hole of this annular element 85 for the present 90 of banknote.

Fig. 2 illustrates the birds-eye view of assembling with the container that draws cover plate 100 before not opening.

End wall 30 comprises central plate 110, and this central authorities' plate 110 is surrounded by exterior section 120.One perforate is in addition closed by opening plate or cap 130, and this cap 130 is connected on the central plate by tear line 140.Draw cover plate 100 to be connected on this cap 130, and draw the protrusion 105 of cover plate 100 to cover on a part of area of cap 130 by rivet 150.The extendible portion 145 of tear line 140 gives the outward appearance that zone 160 constitutes pliable region, and this pliable region is that ecological end wall is necessary, in this zone, and cap 130 and draw cover plate 100 when opening cap, to remain adhered on this end wall.

Draw cover plate 100 that a kind of simulate effect of ecological end wall further is provided, this draws 100 pairs of cover plates to be applied to the cover plate that draws on ecological end wall.The sort of cover plate that draws need have a protrusion 105, so that lift when drawing cover plate lifting its ring portion 170, this protrusion 105 is acted on the cap 130.In the ecological end face of a standard, draw cover plate to rotate, and protrusion 105 just push cap 130 in the container, tears this tear line 140 and causes cap maybe can open plate 130 in regional 160 places bending around hinge 175.In this end face, draw cover plate 100 to be connected on the central plate 110 with rivet 150, therefore, after opening this cap, this draws cover plate also to hold and stays on this end wall.

In the present invention, then with above-mentioned different, this tear line 140 has the extendible portion 180 that continues to continue between A point and B point, and this extendible portion 180 is to be reached by the dark tear line or the line of cut that are shown among Fig. 3.Before not opening container, this extendible portion 180 draws 100 of cover plates hidden by this.

Fig. 4 illustrates second embodiment of simulation drinking container of the present invention, and the simulation drinking container among this embodiment is identical with the simulation drinking container shown in Fig. 1, but the diameter of spring 80 wherein and pipe 55 internal diameter are looked younger greatly etc.In the diskware 95 that this spring 80 is included in sleeve 58 belows and the space that the bottom limited of chamber 50, make this spring 80 and diskware 95 constitute piston components.This just guarantees when opening this container, have only wherein present or desire to promote article and can eject from container, in this embodiment, and the contraction in length of sleeve 58, and be retained in the pipe by friction force is in place.Adopt press-fitting structure with it, the obvious available adhesive bonds of this sleeve is in this pipe.

Though available annular element 85 is retained on sleeve in this container, it is to play a part the decoration usually, and open can open plate 130 and it is removed after be used for covering container inside scene (shown in Figure 2).Because the centre hole of this annular element 85 so therefore the size of the perforate that forms on end wall reduces, makes opened container improve in appearance.After the user opens this simulation container and takes out present, will only see chamber 50 in-to-in scenes, but can't see the scene of other chamber interior.

The user can realize that the weight of this container is substantially the same with the weight of the true drinking container of not beating when guiding and supporting this simulation drinking container.This can select the employed material of each parts by careful, and the difference of the weight of reaching this simulation container and the weight of " reality " container is at 25 grams or be less than 25 and restrain.When shaking this container, the user will realize that this simulation container can send and be same as the sound that container sent of splendid attire with beverage.

In addition, if when the user squeezes this simulation container, the silaatic in this simulation container or have other material of identical Shore hardness can give this simulation container and squeezes splendid attire with the identical feel of carbonated beverage container.In the present invention, the preferential selection has the material of Shore hardness between 30 to 65, and the Shore hardness of silaatic is 60, yet, according to the supply situation of material, also can adopt the material that has outside the above-mentioned Shore hardness scope.

Although the simulation container is when the situation that has ecological end face with this container is invested in market, obviously need the elongated portion that can be used for removing the tear line that draws cover plate and can open plate is hidden, yet when all containers but have pull type and draw cover plate, just do not need to take in design the sort of strategy.Have in this case, all simulate effects are all reached by the feel that the weight and the container of container are given the user.

Though in the aforementioned embodiment, the prolongation of this tear line draws cover plate institute hidden by this, also have other to cover the feasible method of the prolongation of this tear line, such as adopting color and/or the corresponding paint application of material on this tear line, also can with end face.

Fig. 5 a to 5c illustrates the process of opening the simulation drinking container with end shown in Fig. 2 and 3.Fig. 5 a is the enlarged drawing that is shown in the top of any one container among Fig. 1 or Fig. 4.The present 90 that can be a banknote in pipe 55 passes the medium pore of this annular element 85, and sleeve 58 is rotated in the below of this annular element 85.By compression spring 80(Fig. 1) or the piston component (Fig. 4) that constitutes by spring 80 and diskware 95 and this present 90 is held on the lower surface of the plate opened 130 of end wall 30.

Draw cover plate 100 to be connected to and to open on the plate 130, and this draws the protrusion 105 of cover plate 100 to cover can to open on the plate 130 by rivet 150.The extendible portion 180 of tear line 140 is to be extended to the other end by an end of tear line 140 at place, rivet 150 rears below this loads cover plate 100.

Fig. 5 b illustrates the starting stage of opening this container.With the ecological end face of standard draw cover plate inequality, in the present invention, when lifting this when drawing cover plate, because extendible portion 180 then causes the extendible portion 180 of this tear line 140 to break for a kind of tear line with low tearing mark heels (among Fig. 3 between A point and the B point).This draws cover plate 100 and can open plate 130 and can be lifted, and this can be opened plate 130 peel away from this end 130, but does not rotate around this rivet 150.

Peel away can open plate 130 after, this banknote present 90 is just no longer held and is stayed in this container, and the elastic reaction of the piston component that constitutes by spring 80 or by spring shown in Fig. 4 80 and diskware 95 and discharging from this container.In case will draw cover plate 100 fully and can open plate 130 remove after, just this banknote present 90 is released outside this container shown in Fig. 5 c.Obviously, when selecting to adopt pull type to draw cover plate, the effect of opening and peeling off can once be finished in the action.

The embodiment that is shown among Fig. 1 need be fixed on spring 80 on the container 50, so that avoid after ejecting present, this spring 80 also drops from container 50.On the other hand, be shown among Fig. 4 embodiment then by additional to constitute piston component with spring 80 and to be held the diskware 95 that stays and can avoid taking place the phenomenon that spring 80 drops from container 50 by sleeve 85.

It should be noted that above-mentioned explanation of the present invention only as exemplary illustrated, do not departing under the protection category of the present invention, can to make various remodeling.

Claims

1, a kind of simulation drinking container, it comprises: bottom, hollow body and end wall; It is characterized in that,

This end wall comprises: have the central plate of perforate, this perforate is limited by tear line; In order to the plate opened of closed this perforate, this can be opened plate and be connected on this central authorities' plate by the tear line at its circumference; This end wall also comprises and draws cover plate;

This hollow body then comprises: the liner of being made by elastomeric material; Chamber is contained in the liquid in the exterior hollow body of this chamber at least in part; With prevent that this liquid is penetrated into the permeability apparatus that prevents in this chamber.

2, container as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this liner is made by having the material of Shore hardness between 30 to 65.

3, container as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, an end of this chamber is a leak free, and the other end is then being opened wide and is being positioned at this and can open under the plate.

4, container as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, an end of this chamber is a leak free, and the other end is then being opened wide and is being positioned at this and can open under the plate.

5, as any described container in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that this prevents that permeability apparatus from comprising one or more sealing elements.

6, container as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, sealing parts and this chamber are in place fixing.

7, as each described container in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that this chamber comprises device for ejecting.

8, container as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, this chamber comprises device for ejecting.

9, container as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, this chamber comprises device for ejecting.

10, container as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, this device for ejecting is made of compression spring.

11, container as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, this device for ejecting is made of compression spring.

12, container as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, this device for ejecting is made of compression spring.

13, container as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, this device for ejecting is made of piston.

14, container as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, this device for ejecting is made of piston.

15, container as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, this device for ejecting is made of piston.

16, a container endwall is characterized in that, this container endwall comprises:

Central authorities' plate forms the perforate that is limited by tear line on it;

Can open plate, it is in order to closed this perforate, and it is connected on this central authorities' plate by the tear line that is looped around its circumference;

Draw cover plate, it is connected to this and can opens on the plate, it has and extends in this and can open protrusion on the plate, have and cover this central authorities' plate and draw cover plate to leave this central authorities' plate and the rear portion of tearing this tear line in order to lift this, this tear line comprise the first area of exposure and be positioned at this draw under the cover plate and by this draw cover plate hidden and make this draw cover plate to have the second area of the outward appearance that permanently is fixed to this end wall.

17, container endwall as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, this second area is a line of cut.

18, as container as described in the claim 1 to 15 any, it is characterized in that described container comprises the container endwall in claim 16 or 17.