CN1150111C - Bottle plug - Google Patents
Bottle plug Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- CN1150111C CN1150111C CNB011310103A CN01131010A CN1150111C CN 1150111 C CN1150111 C CN 1150111C CN B011310103 A CNB011310103 A CN B011310103A CN 01131010 A CN01131010 A CN 01131010A CN 1150111 C CN1150111 C CN 1150111C
- Authority
- CN
- China
- Prior art keywords
- abutting part
- rod
- obturator
- compression leg
- enlarged portion
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Fee Related
Links
Images
Landscapes
- Closures For Containers (AREA)
- Pressure Vessels And Lids Thereof (AREA)
Abstract
The present invention relates to a bottle stopper which is presented in order to provide a bottle sealing component which is provided with the expansion part of a main body and a sealing body that can be expanded in a radial direction with unequal quantities and is conveniently opened and closed. The bottle stopper comprises the main body, a pressing post and the sealing body, wherein the main body is provided with the expansion part which forms a through hole, and the inner circumferential wall of the through hole is inwards and convexly provided with a butt junction part which is formed from an upper and a lower butt junction surfaces; the pressing post comprises a head part and a rod body which is extensionally arranged from the head part, and the rod body is provided with a first butt junction part and a second butt junction part which is formed from an upper and a lower groove surfaces of butt junction; the sealing body is made of soft materials, and the sealing body is sheathed on the periphery of the expansion part of the main body; the pressing post is inserted into the through hole of the main body by the rod body. The first butt junction part of the rod body is positioned in the maximum distance position of the cross section of the rod body, and the second butt junction part is positioned in the minimum distance position of the cross section of the rod body. When the rod body is inserted into the through hole of the main body, the first butt junction part/the second butt junction part on the rod body is inversely covered and is butted with the butt junction part of the main body so that the expansion part of the main body and the sealing body are expanded in a radial direction with unequal quantities.
Description
Technical field
The invention belongs to bottle seal spare, particularly a kind of bottle stopper.
Background technology
Known bottle stopper comprises body and compression leg.Body extends enlarged portion and abutting part.Compression leg one end stretches into pushing tow or engages with body by abutting part and engagement section, so that the enlarged portion of body is made radial dilatation, makes the obturator enlarged portion pushing tow that is incorporated into body make radial dilatation, is combined in bottleneck with tightening seal.
For need to make or bottle stopper need form special formed design with materials such as glass, crystal, potteries at the bottle stopper head, the bottle stopper that comprises body and compression leg is disclosed.Body extends enlarged portion, and the enlarged portion hole wall is provided with the abutting part that voltage supply mast body stretches into; The body of rod of compression leg is provided with first engagement section and second engagement section; The enlarged portion periphery is arranged with the obturator made from soft materials.Fasten by first engagement section of the compression leg body of rod or the abutting part of second engagement section and body, so that the enlarged portion of body and obturator are made radial dilatation.
The bottle stopper that comprises body and compression leg is disclosed again.Body extends enlarged portion, and the enlarged portion hole wall is provided with abutting part; The body of rod of compression leg is provided with first abutting part that connects with body enlarged portion abutting part.Connect by first abutting part of the compression leg body of rod and the abutting part of body enlarged portion hole wall, so that the enlarged portion of body and obturator are made radial dilatation.Be provided with the opposed body of tool dialysis line between body and compression leg head.Destroy opposed body, just can push compression leg, so that abutting part of second abutting part and body connects on it.
Yet, when disclosed bottle stopper, the abutting part butt of first and second engagement section of its body of rod and body, can only make single radial dilatation to body enlarged portion and obturator usually.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide the bottle stopper that a kind of body enlarged portion and obturator can be made the inequality radial dilatation, be convenient to open and close.
The present invention includes body, compression leg and obturator; Body is provided with the enlarged portion that forms through hole; The through hole internal perisporium is convexly equipped with the abutting part that is made of upper and lower bearing surface inwardly; Compression leg comprises head and extends the body of rod from head; Compression leg body of rod cross section is corresponding with body through-holes and internal perisporium guide groove cross section thereof, the body of rod is provided with first abutting part and second abutting part, second abutting part is made of upper and lower butt groove face, following butt groove face and butt jam corresponding with the following bearing surface that is convexly set in the body through-holes internal perisporium; Obturator is made by soft materials, and it is sheathed on body enlarged portion periphery; The body of rod of compression leg is inserted in the body through-holes; First abutting part of the body of rod is positioned at body of rod section ultimate range position; Second abutting part is positioned at body of rod section minor increment position; When the body of rod was inserted in the body through-holes, first abutting part or the second abutting part repetitiousness and body abutting part butt were so that body enlarged portion and obturator are made the inequality radial dilatation on it.
Wherein:
The skew wall face that the last bearing surface of body abutting part passes through for ease of compression leg body of rod end face.
Bearing surface is the horizontal wall surface perpendicular to the body line of centers under the body abutting part; The following butt groove face of the body of rod second abutting part is the horizontal wall surface perpendicular to body of rod line of centers; For the following bearing surface of horizontal wall surface and down the butt groove face have the phase jam effect that prevents that compression leg from deviating from.
The last butt groove face of the body of rod second abutting part is the skew wall face.
The body through-holes internal perisporium is arranged with the axial channel that is criss-cross or other distribution of shapes; The compression leg body of rod is and the corresponding criss-cross of body through-holes and internal perisporium guide groove cross section thereof.
A kind of bottle stopper, it comprises body, compression leg and obturator; Body is provided with the enlarged portion that forms through hole; The through hole internal perisporium is convexly equipped with the abutting part that is made of upper and lower bearing surface inwardly; Compression leg comprises head and extends the body of rod from head; The body of rod is provided with first abutting part and second abutting part, and second abutting part is made of upper and lower butt groove face, following butt groove face and butt jam corresponding with the following bearing surface that is convexly set in the body through-holes internal perisporium; Obturator is made by soft materials; Obturator is sheathed on body enlarged portion periphery; The body of rod of compression leg is inserted in the body through-holes; First abutting part of the body of rod is positioned at body of rod section ultimate range position; Second abutting part is positioned at body of rod section minor increment position; And form time enlarged portion in the abutting part bottom side; Be positioned at time enlarged portion set of locations in the body through-holes and be provided with expansion body; The obturator periphery wall is arranged with the annular groove corresponding to body abutting part below, is provided with two above grooves between annular groove and obturator top end face; The compression leg body of rod is inserted in the body through-holes and when pressing down, body of rod contact expansion body is with expansion body time enlarged portion; First abutting part or the second abutting part repetitiousness and body abutting part butt are so that body enlarged portion and obturator are made the inequality radial dilatation on it; First abutting part and body abutting part butt closed groove.
Body through-holes internal perisporium abutting part below is convexly equipped with edge clipping; Expansion body is placed between body abutting part and the edge clipping.
The skew wall face that the last bearing surface of body abutting part passes through for ease of compression leg body of rod end face.
Bearing surface is the horizontal wall surface perpendicular to the body line of centers under the body abutting part; The following butt groove face of the body of rod second abutting part is the horizontal wall surface perpendicular to body of rod line of centers; For the following bearing surface of horizontal wall surface and down the butt groove face have the phase jam effect that prevents that compression leg from deviating from.
The last butt groove face of the body of rod second abutting part is the skew wall face.
Owing to the present invention includes body, compression leg and obturator; Body is provided with the enlarged portion that forms through hole; The through hole internal perisporium is convexly equipped with the abutting part that is made of upper and lower bearing surface inwardly; Compression leg comprises head and extends the body of rod from head; Compression leg body of rod cross section is corresponding with body through-holes and internal perisporium guide groove cross section thereof, the body of rod is provided with first abutting part and second abutting part, second abutting part is made of upper and lower butt groove face, following butt groove face and butt jam corresponding with the following bearing surface that is convexly set in the body through-holes internal perisporium; Obturator is made by soft materials; Obturator is sheathed on body enlarged portion periphery; The body of rod of compression leg is inserted in the body through-holes; First abutting part of the body of rod is positioned at body of rod section ultimate range position; Second abutting part is positioned at body of rod section minor increment position; When the body of rod was inserted in the body through-holes, first abutting part or the second abutting part repetitiousness and body abutting part butt were so that body enlarged portion and obturator are made the inequality radial dilatation on it.Body that is combined into one and obturator insert the bottle bottleneck in after, the body of rod with compression leg is inserted in the body through-holes, and press down compression leg, make compression leg body of rod section have the abutting part of the first abutting part butt body of big distance, therefore, the enlarged portion of body and obturator can be made radial dilatation to form a bigger size, so, just make obturator closely paste and fill in week in bottleneck, reach effect the tight involution of bottleneck; When desire is opened bottleneck, the relative body of compression leg is done to go up pulling to be done, so that second abutting part of the compression leg body of rod and the abutting part of body offset, because the body of rod second abutting part section has small distance, therefore, makes body enlarged portion and obturator only can make less radial dilatation, not even expansion, so, just can at an easy rate the present invention be filled in or take out from bottleneck, to open or to seal a bottle; Body enlarged portion and obturator can be made the inequality radial dilatation, be convenient to open and close, thereby reach purpose of the present invention.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1, be the embodiment of the invention one decomposition texture schematic isometric.
Fig. 2, be the embodiment of the invention one decomposition texture schematic sectional view.
Fig. 3, be the embodiment of the invention one running condition scheme drawing.
Fig. 4, be the embodiment of the invention one running condition scheme drawing (bottleneck desire opening).
Fig. 5, be the embodiment of the invention two decomposition texture schematic isometric.
Fig. 6, be the embodiment of the invention two decomposition texture schematic sectional views.
Fig. 7, be the embodiment of the invention two running condition scheme drawings.
Fig. 8, be the embodiment of the invention two running condition scheme drawings (bottleneck desire openings).
The specific embodiment
Embodiment one
As shown in Figure 1, the present invention includes body 1, compression leg 2 and obturator 3.
The body of rod 21 is provided with first abutting part 22 that is positioned at the body of rod 21 section ultimate range positions and is positioned at the body of rod 21 section minor increment positions and forms second abutting part 23 that is lower than the body of rod 21 surface grooves; Second abutting part 23 is by top the constituting for the following butt groove face 232 of horizontal wall surface perpendicular to the body of rod 21 line of centerss that be the last butt groove face 231 of skew wall face and below.First abutting part 22 can be positioned at second abutting part, 23 tops, also can be positioned at the below of second abutting part 23, and makes the skew wall face 141,231 of body 1 abutting part 14 and the body of rod 21 second abutting parts 23 and horizontal wall surface 142,232 exchange.
Be tubular obturator 3 and be sheathed on body 1 enlarged portion 12 peripheries, and by the groove 31 of its internal perisporium and enlarged portion 12 periphery wall ring raised bodies 13 and body 1 enlarged portion 12 mortise; Also can when moulding obturator 3, body 1 be inserted in obturator 3 moulds of moulding, so that obturator 3 and body 1 is one-body molded; Compression leg 2 is inserted in body 1 through hole 11 with its body of rod 21, and only can move axially and to guarantee the body of rod 21 first abutting parts 22 or second abutting part 23 and body 1 enlarged portion 12 internal perisporium abutting parts 14 butts, so that the enlarged portion 12 of body 1 is made radial dilatation by body 1 through hole 11 internal perisporium axial channel 15; When the abutting part 14 of body 1 enlarged portion 12 internal perisporiums snaps in the body of rod 21 second abutting parts 23, to form fastening state.
As shown in Figure 2, but the abutting part 14 of first abutting part 22 of compression leg 2 and second abutting part, 23 repetitiousness ground and body 1 connect, and make the body of rod 21 can not deviate from by body 1.The body of rod 21 bottoms are connected to the last bearing surface 141 of body 1 abutting part 14 earlier; Then with the following butt groove face 232 of its second abutting part 23 and go up butt groove face 231 with 14 times bearing surfaces of body 1 abutting part 142 and go up bearing surface 141 and offset; The abutting part 14 that has first abutting part, the 22 butt bodies 1 of big distance at last with section.
As shown in Figure 3, after body 1 that is combined into one and obturator 3 are inserted in bottle 4 the bottleneck 41, utilize the body of rod 21 of compression leg 2 to be inserted in body 1 through hole 11 along body 1 set guide groove 15, and press down compression leg 2, make compression leg 2 bodies of rod 21 sections have the abutting part 14 of first abutting part, the 22 butt bodies 1 of big distance, therefore, the enlarged portion 12 of body 1 and obturator 3 can be made radial dilatation to form a bigger size, so, just make obturator 3 closely paste and fill in week in bottleneck 41, reach effect bottleneck 41 tight involutions, and, after the present invention is combined in bottleneck 41 by tightening seal, still can or seals film and make last packaging operation by known shrink film.
As shown in Figure 4, when desire is opened bottleneck 41, compression leg 2 relative bodies 1 are done to go up pulling to be done (when being positioned at second abutting part, 23 belows as if the body of rod 21 first abutting parts 22, then make pressing action), so that second abutting part 23 of compression leg 2 bodies of rod 21 and the abutting part 14 of body 1 offset, because the body of rod 21 second abutting parts 23 sections have small distance, therefore, make body 1 enlarged portion 12 and obturator 3 only can make less radial dilatation, not even expansion, so, just can at an easy rate the present invention be filled in or take out from bottleneck 41, to open or to seal a bottle 41.
Embodiment two
As shown in Figure 5, the present invention includes body 1, expansion body 24, compression leg 2 and obturator 3.
The body of rod 21 is provided with first abutting part 22 that is positioned at the body of rod 21 section ultimate range positions and is positioned at the body of rod 21 section minor increments and forms second abutting part 23 that is lower than the body of rod 21 surface grooves; Second abutting part 23 is by top the constituting for the following butt groove face 232 of horizontal wall surface perpendicular to the body of rod 21 line of centerss that be the last butt groove face 231 of skew wall face and below.First abutting part 22 can be positioned at second abutting part, 23 tops, also the below of second abutting part 23 be can be positioned at, and the last bearing surface 141 of body 1 abutting part 14 and the body of rod 21 second abutting parts 23, upward butt groove face 231 and bearing surface 142, butt groove face 232 exchanges down down made.
As shown in Figure 6, when the body of rod 21 of compression leg 2 does not insert in body 1 through hole 11 as yet, the enlarged portion 12 and time enlarged portion 17 of body 1 are not made radial dilatation, make expansion body 24 between abutting part 14 and edge clipping 16, therefore can at an easy rate obturator 3 be placed 41 ones of the bottlenecks of bottle 4, and make the annular groove 33 of obturator 3 just be positioned at the following position of bottleneck 41 minimum diameters.
As shown in Figure 7, compression leg 2 is inserted in body 1 through hole 11 with its body of rod 21 and when pressing down, only can move axially by body 1 through hole 11 internal perisporium axial channel 15, the body of rod 21 end face butts place the expansion body 24 in the through hole 11, make expansion body 24 enter to edge clipping 16 belows, and force the inferior enlarged portion 17 of body 1 to make radial dilatation, and after expansion body 24 enters edge clipping 16 belows, can't be returned between abutting part 14 and the edge clipping 16; Its first abutting part 22 or second abutting part 23 and body 1 enlarged portion 12 internal perisporium abutting parts 14 butts, so that body 1 enlarged portion 12 and time enlarged portion 17 are made radial dilatation simultaneously, obturator 3 closely pastes to fill in bottleneck 41 and go up groove 34 and is closed at this moment; And, force obturator 3 bottoms to rest in the bottle 4 greater than bottleneck 41 internal diameter positions by the radial dilatation that inferior enlarged portion 17 is done.
As shown in Figure 8, when desire is taken out in the bottle 4 institute's holding liquid, compression leg 2 relative bodies 1 are done to go up pulling to be done, the body of rod 21 rises, so that second abutting part 23 engages with abutting part 14 formation of body 1 on the body of rod 21, because the body of rod 21 second abutting parts 23 sections have small distance, therefore, make body 1 enlarged portion 12 and obturator 3 only can make less radial dilatation, not even expansion, so, the groove 34 of obturator 3 is opened, therefore, the beverage of being contained in the bottle can follow groove 34 and be toppled over derivation, and because time enlarged portion 17 is still made radial dilatation by expansion body 24 contacts, makes time enlarged portion 17 diameters 41 internal diameters of bottleneck greater than bottle 4, and rest in the bottle 4 greater than bottleneck 41 internal diameter positions, therefore, make the present invention can't be removed wine, beverage system can't be filled in the bottle, therefore, the present invention has and stops the recycle bottles false proof purpose of the pseudo-product of filling of night dealer not.
Claims (10)
1, a kind of bottle stopper, it comprises body, compression leg and obturator; Body is provided with the enlarged portion that forms through hole; The through hole internal perisporium is convexly equipped with the abutting part that is made of upper and lower bearing surface inwardly; Compression leg comprises head and extends the body of rod from head; Compression leg body of rod cross section is corresponding with body through-holes and internal perisporium guide groove cross section thereof, the body of rod is provided with first abutting part and second abutting part, second abutting part is made of upper and lower butt groove face, following butt groove face and butt jam corresponding with the following bearing surface that is convexly set in the body through-holes internal perisporium; Obturator is made by soft materials; Obturator is sheathed on body enlarged portion periphery; The body of rod of compression leg is inserted in the body through-holes; First abutting part that it is characterized in that the described body of rod is positioned at body of rod section ultimate range position; Second abutting part is positioned at body of rod section minor increment position; When the body of rod was inserted in the body through-holes, first abutting part or the second abutting part repetitiousness and body abutting part butt were so that body enlarged portion and obturator are made the inequality radial dilatation on it.
2, bottle stopper according to claim 1 is characterized in that the skew wall face that the last bearing surface of described body abutting part passes through for ease of compression leg body of rod end face.
3, bottle stopper according to claim 1 is characterized in that bearing surface is the horizontal wall surface perpendicular to the body line of centers under the described body abutting part; The following butt groove face of the body of rod second abutting part is the horizontal wall surface perpendicular to body of rod line of centers; For the following bearing surface of horizontal wall surface and down the butt groove face have the phase jam effect that prevents that compression leg from deviating from.
4, bottle stopper according to claim 1 is characterized in that the last butt groove face of the described body of rod second abutting part is the skew wall face.
5, bottle stopper according to claim 1 is characterized in that described body through-holes internal perisporium is arranged with the axial channel that is criss-cross or other distribution of shapes; Compression leg body of rod cross section is and the corresponding criss-cross of body through-holes and internal perisporium guide groove cross section thereof.
6, a kind of bottle stopper, it comprises body, compression leg and obturator; Body is provided with the enlarged portion that forms through hole; The through hole internal perisporium is convexly equipped with the abutting part that is made of upper and lower bearing surface inwardly; Compression leg comprises head and extends the body of rod from head; The body of rod is provided with first abutting part and second abutting part, and second abutting part is made of upper and lower butt groove face, following butt groove face and butt jam corresponding with the following bearing surface that is convexly set in the body through-holes internal perisporium; Obturator is made by soft materials; Obturator is sheathed on body enlarged portion periphery; The body of rod of compression leg is inserted in the body through-holes; First abutting part that it is characterized in that the described body of rod is positioned at body of rod section ultimate range position; Second abutting part is positioned at body of rod section minor increment position; And form time enlarged portion in the abutting part bottom side; Be positioned at time enlarged portion set of locations in the body through-holes and be provided with expansion body; The obturator periphery wall is arranged with the annular groove corresponding to body abutting part below, is provided with two above grooves between annular groove and obturator top end face; The compression leg body of rod is inserted in the body through-holes and when pressing down, body of rod contact expansion body is with expansion body time enlarged portion; First abutting part or the second abutting part repetitiousness and body abutting part butt are so that body enlarged portion and obturator are made the inequality radial dilatation on it; First abutting part and body abutting part butt closed groove.
7, bottle stopper according to claim 6 is characterized in that described body through-holes internal perisporium abutting part below is convexly equipped with edge clipping; Expansion body is placed between body abutting part and the edge clipping.
8, bottle stopper according to claim 6 is characterized in that the skew wall face that the last bearing surface of described body abutting part passes through for ease of compression leg body of rod end face.
9, bottle stopper according to claim 6 is characterized in that bearing surface is the horizontal wall surface perpendicular to the body line of centers under the described body abutting part; The following butt groove face of the body of rod second abutting part is the horizontal wall surface perpendicular to body of rod line of centers; For the following bearing surface of horizontal wall surface and down the butt groove face have the phase jam effect that prevents that compression leg from deviating from.
10, bottle stopper according to claim 6 is characterized in that the last butt groove face of the described body of rod second abutting part is the skew wall face.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNB011310103A CN1150111C (en) | 2001-08-30 | 2001-08-30 | Bottle plug |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNB011310103A CN1150111C (en) | 2001-08-30 | 2001-08-30 | Bottle plug |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CN1403346A CN1403346A (en) | 2003-03-19 |
| CN1150111C true CN1150111C (en) | 2004-05-19 |
Family
ID=4670311
Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNB011310103A Expired - Fee Related CN1150111C (en) | 2001-08-30 | 2001-08-30 | Bottle plug |
Country Status (1)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| CN (1) | CN1150111C (en) |
Families Citing this family (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN1876513A (en) * | 2005-06-09 | 2006-12-13 | 黄耀霆 | Sealing structure of container slit |
| CN101372274B (en) * | 2007-08-21 | 2010-08-18 | 栓乐多瓶塞有限公司 | Expanding bottle stopper |
| CN112278578A (en) * | 2020-11-17 | 2021-01-29 | 宝鸡鑫诺新金属材料有限公司 | Bottle cap assembly with titanium sleeve and cap body |
-
2001
- 2001-08-30 CN CNB011310103A patent/CN1150111C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| CN1403346A (en) | 2003-03-19 |
Similar Documents
| Publication | Publication Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| CN2515133Y (en) | Bottle stopper | |
| CN1042817C (en) | Blow molded plastic container including handgrip | |
| CN1494505A (en) | Bottle plug | |
| CN1080237C (en) | Tamper-evident closure | |
| US7850030B2 (en) | Expansible bottle stopper with radial expansion and shrinkage | |
| CN1082007C (en) | Torque-resistant closure for a hermetically sealed container | |
| CN101790420B (en) | Septa | |
| CN1255306C (en) | Bottle plug with pressure indicator | |
| RU2261204C2 (en) | Closing device for vessels, particularly for bottles | |
| CN1022819C (en) | Blown plastic containers, apparatus and method | |
| CN1274561C (en) | Closure cap for infusion or transfusion bottles | |
| AU2005331483B2 (en) | Sealing means for a closure, closure and process | |
| CN1150111C (en) | Bottle plug | |
| CN1039388A (en) | A kind of screw cap of thermoplastics material | |
| CN1486238A (en) | Method for creating a seal gasket at the top of a container closure cap, and a cap comprising said gasket | |
| CN101372274B (en) | Expanding bottle stopper | |
| RU2002121502A (en) | A method of manufacturing a cork for sparkling wine bottles | |
| CN2633762Y (en) | Plastic lid ceramic bottle | |
| CN1288041C (en) | Positive-orientation systems for closures and containers | |
| CN1068558C (en) | Cork stopper for bottles of wine | |
| CN209739733U (en) | Sealing device for bullet-proof container | |
| CN1064630C (en) | Hermetically sealed container with closure insert | |
| CN1876513A (en) | Sealing structure of container slit | |
| KR20060060899A (en) | Bottle sealing cap | |
| CN2767381Y (en) | Drinking bottle with staining prevention structure on mouth |
Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| C10 | Entry into substantive examination | ||
| SE01 | Entry into force of request for substantive examination | ||
| C06 | Publication | ||
| PB01 | Publication | ||
| C10 | Entry into substantive examination | ||
| SE01 | Entry into force of request for substantive examination | ||
| C14 | Grant of patent or utility model | ||
| GR01 | Patent grant | ||
| C19 | Lapse of patent right due to non-payment of the annual fee | ||
| CF01 | Termination of patent right due to non-payment of annual fee |