CN116216072A - container with lid - Google Patents

Abstract

A container with a lid includes a container body and a top cover. The container body has a container opening and an external thread portion. The top cover includes an outer cover and an inner cover. The cover contains a breakout. The inner cover includes an internal thread portion and a pressing portion. The inner lid covers the opening of the container. The pressing part is exposed outside the outer cover through the breach. The internal thread part is formed in the inner cover, and is used for screwing with the external thread part, so that the top cover is assembled on the container body. When the inner cap is tightened so that the inner thread part is against the outer thread part, the inner cap covers the opening of the container; conversely, when the pressing part is pressed to separate the inner thread part and the outer thread part, the inner cap can be unscrewed to disengage from the container opening . In this way, the inner and outer threads of the container with the lid can be separated from each other and the applied force can be released, thereby helping to unscrew the top cover smoothly and easily remove it from the container body to achieve the purpose of labor saving.

Description

container with lid

【Technical field】

The invention relates to a container with a lid, in particular to a container with a lid that helps to loosen the top cover with labor saving.

【Background technique】

Press, the interior of the traditional cup can hold the content (such as liquid or fluid), and the cup mouth of the cup is covered by the cup cover, so that it can store or carry the content through the cup.

However, in order to prevent the liquid or fluid in the cup from overflowing, the cup lid will be tightly tightened in the traditional concept. In this way, due to the low pressure inside the cup and the tangential force generated between the lid and the cup, it may be difficult for the lid to be unscrewed and removed from the cup, so that the user must spend a lot of torque to place the cup on the cup. Unscrew the lid on the tool.

【Content of invention】

An object of the present invention is to provide a container with a lid to solve the difficulties mentioned above in the prior art.

The invention provides a container with a lid, which comprises a container body and a top cover. The container body has a container opening and an external thread portion. The top cover includes an outer cover and an inner cover. The outer cover includes a first cover body and a breach. The breach is located on the first cover. The inner cover includes a second cover body, an internal thread part and a pressing part. The second cover is slidably disposed in the first cover and covers the opening of the container. The pressing portion is connected to the upper top surface of the second cover, and is exposed outside the outer cover through the opening. The internal thread part is formed in the second cover body, and is used for screwing with the external thread part, so that the top cover can be movably assembled on the container body. In this way, when the inner cap on the container body is tightened so that the inner thread portion directly abuts the outer thread portion, the inner cap tightly covers the container opening; when the pressing portion is pressed to separate the inner thread portion and the outer thread portion, the inner The lid can be twisted loose to disengage the container opening.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned container with a lid, the external thread portion includes two first thread threads, and there is a pitch between the two first thread threads. The internal thread part includes at least one second thread, and the width of the second thread is smaller than the pitch. Therefore, when the internal thread part is screwed onto the external thread part, the second thread is located between the two first thread and abuts against one of the two first thread, when pressed from the outer cover When the first thread is positioned, the second thread breaks away from the corresponding first thread and moves to the other first thread.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned container with a lid, the outer lid further includes at least one groove. The first cover body has a first groove chamber connected to the breach. The groove is recessed on the inner wall of the first tank chamber. The inner cover includes at least one bump. The second cover body has a second groove chamber. The protrusion protrudes from the outer wall of the second cover body opposite to the second tank chamber, and is slidably located in the groove. In this way, through the guidance of the protrusion in the groove, the inner cover can slide relative to the outer cover along the second groove chamber.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned container with a lid, the pressing portion includes a boss and a limiting member. One end of the boss is connected to the second cover, and the other end of the boss extends out of the first cover through the opening. The limiting member is located outside the first cover and is movably connected to the other end of the boss. When the limiting member is at the first position relative to the boss, the limiting member abuts against the outer top surface of the first cover to stop the movement of the pressing portion; otherwise, when the other end of the limiting member is at the second position relative to the boss , the limiting member moves into the breach along with the movement of the pressing part.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned container with a lid, the limiting member includes an end cap and an elastic snap ring. The end cap is rotatably located at the other end of the boss. The elastic snap ring is fixed on the end cover. A portion of the elastic snap ring has a linear orientation, and the breach has a long-axis orientation. Therefore, when the end cover rotates around the axis of the protruding post and the elastic snap ring is located at the first position, the linear direction and the direction of the long axis of the breach intersect each other; when the end cover rotates around the axis of the protruding post to make the elastic When the snap ring is at the second position, the linear direction and the long axis direction of the breach are parallel to each other, so that the elastic snap ring can move into the breach along with the pressing portion.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned container with a lid, the outer top surface of the first cover has a receiving groove, the opening is located in the receiving groove, and the elastic snap ring can rotate around a linear direction to release into the holding tank.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned container with a lid, the inner lid further includes a raised portion and a groove. The protruding part is located on the inner bottom surface of the second cover and extends into the opening of the container. The groove is located on the upper top surface of the second cover and is recessed toward the raised portion, wherein the pressing portion is located in the groove.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned container with a lid, the inner lid further includes a water-tight gasket. The water-proof gasket is located on the inner bottom surface of the second cover and surrounds the bulge. When the inner cover tightly covers the container opening, the water-stop gasket is directly sandwiched between the second cover body and the container opening.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned container with a lid, the top of the first lid has a recessed portion, and the opening is located in the recessed portion. The top cover also contains the exterior trim cover. The exterior trim cover is removably located on the recessed part and covers the recessed part.

According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, in the above-mentioned container with a lid, the first lid body further includes a plurality of hook grooves. The plurality of hook slots are located in the recessed portion at intervals. The exterior decoration cover includes a plurality of hook parts, and the plurality of hook parts are located at one end of the exterior decoration cover at intervals. The exterior cover is fixed in the recessed portion by the plurality of hook portions being respectively snapped into the plurality of hook grooves.

In this way, through the structures of the above embodiments, the container with a lid of the present invention can have its internal and external threads separated from each other and release the force, thereby helping to unscrew the top cover smoothly and remove it from the container body easily, so as to achieve the purpose of labor saving .

The above description is only used to illustrate the problem to be solved by the present invention, the technical means for solving the problem, and the effects thereof.

【Description of drawings】

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a container with a lid according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the container body and the top cover of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detailed exploded view of the top cover of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view made along line AA of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a partial schematic diagram of the see-through exterior decoration cover of the top cover in Fig. 2;

Fig. 6A to Fig. 6B are respectively the continuous operation diagram before the top cover is unscrewed;

Fig. 7 is a use operation diagram of the inner lid of the container with a lid being pressed; and

FIGS. 8A to 8B are operation views of the top cover in FIG. 7 during the pressing process, respectively.

【Symbol Description】

10: container with lid

100: container body

110: bottle body

111: storage slot

120: Bottleneck

130: container opening

140: external thread part

141: The first thread

142: Pitch

200: top cover

300: outer cover

310: the first cover

311: outer top surface

312: The first tank chamber

313: Groove

314: depression

315: hook slot

316: breach

317: storage tank

320: exterior cover

321: hook part

400: inner cover

410: the second cover

411: top surface

412: Second tank chamber

413: inner bottom surface

420: Bump

430: uplift

440: Groove

450: internal thread part

451: Second thread

452: width

500: pressing part

510: convex column

511: first end

512: second end

600: Limiting parts

610: end cap

610A: hole

611: elastic snap ring

612: buckle part

613: arc ring

700: Water stop washer

AA: line segment

B: stud

D1, D2: direction

X, Y, Z: axis direction

【Detailed ways】

Several embodiments of the present invention will be disclosed below with the accompanying drawings. For the sake of clarity, many practical details will be described together in the following description. It should be understood, however, that these various practical details should not be used to limit the invention. That is, in various embodiments of the invention, these practical details are not necessary. In addition, for the sake of simplifying the drawings, some known and conventional structures and elements will be shown in a simple and schematic manner in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container with a lid 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the container body 100 and the top cover 200 of FIG. 1 . FIG. 3 is a detailed exploded view of the top cover 200 of FIG. 2 . As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 , the container with a lid 10 includes a container body 100 and a top cover 200 . The container body 100 has a container opening 130 and an external thread portion 140 . The container opening 130 communicates with the receiving groove 111 ( FIG. 4 ). The external thread portion 140 is formed on the surface of the container body 100 . The top cover 200 includes an outer cover 300 and an inner cover 400 . The outer cover 300 includes a first cover body 310 and a breach 316 . The opening 316 is located on the first cover 310 , for example, the opening 316 is located on the top of the first cover 310 . The first cover 310 has a first groove chamber 312 connected to the opening 316 . The inner cover 400 includes a second cover body 410 , an internal thread portion 450 and a pressing portion 500 . The second cover 410 has a second chamber 412 inside. The second cover 410 is slidably disposed in the second chamber 412 of the first cover 310 and covers the container opening 130 . The pressing portion 500 is connected to the upper top surface 411 of the second cover 410 , and is exposed outside the outer cover 300 through the opening 316 . The inner threaded part 450 is formed in the second cover body 410 to be screwed with the outer threaded part 140 so that the top cover 200 can be movably assembled on the container body 100 .

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 . As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 , for example, the container body 100 includes a bottle body 110 and a bottle neck 120 . The inside of the bottle body 110 defines a storage tank 111 ( FIG. 4 ) for containing contents (such as liquid or fluid). The bottle neck 120 is located at one end of the bottle body 110 , the container opening 130 is located at the end surface, and the external thread portion 140 is located on the bottle neck 120 . However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the container body 100 can also be in the form of a can, a cup, a bucket, a pot, etc., and each type has any capacity and size, and the top cover 200 is not limited to its appearance.

Therefore, when the user tightens the top cap 200 on the container body 100 along a rotational direction, that is, the inner cap 400 is tightened on the container body 100 so that the internal thread portion 450 is pressed against the external thread portion 140 directly , the inner cap 400 tightly covers the container opening 130 . More specifically, the external thread portion 140 includes a plurality of first thread threads 141 , and there is a pitch 142 between any two adjacent first thread threads 141 . The internal thread portion 450 includes at least one second thread 451 , and the width 452 of the second thread 451 is smaller than the thread pitch 142 . Therefore, when the internal thread portion 450 is screwed onto the external thread portion 140 , each second thread 451 is located between corresponding two first thread threads 141 and directly abuts against one of the first thread threads 141 .

In this way, due to the tangential force generated between the internal thread portion 450 of the top cap 200 and the external thread portion 140 of the container body 100, the inner cap 400 presses down on the outer cap 300, causing the inner cap 400 and the outer cap 300 to remain relatively stationary until When the bottom of the outer cover 300 is in contact with the container body 100 under force, the top cover 200 can tightly cover the container opening 130 of the container body 100 .

Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 , the inner cover 400 further includes a water-stop gasket 700 . The water-stop gasket 700 is sleeved in the second chamber 412 , that is, the water-stop gasket 700 is located on the inner bottom surface 413 of the second cover 410 in the second chamber 412 and surrounds the container opening 130 . Therefore, when the inner cover 400 tightly covers the container opening 130 , the water-stop gasket 700 is directly sandwiched between the second cover 410 and the container opening 130 . For example, the water-stop gasket 700 has resilience and is made of rubber, silicone or similar materials. In this way, when the top cover 200 tightly covers the container opening 130 of the container body 100 , the water-stop gasket 700 can prevent the contents (such as liquid or fluid) in the container body 100 from overflowing.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 , the top of the first cover 310 has a recessed portion 314 , and the breach 316 is located in the recessed portion 314 . More specifically, the concave portion 314 is formed on a side of the first cover 310 facing away from the first chamber 312 . The top cover 200 also includes an exterior cover 320 . The exterior cover 320 is removably positioned on the recessed portion 314 and completely covers the recessed portion 314 . The first cover 310 also includes a plurality of hook slots 315 . The plurality of hook slots 315 are located in the concave portion 314 at intervals. More specifically, the exterior decoration cover 320 includes a plurality of hook portions 321 , and the plurality of hook portions 321 are located at one end of the exterior decoration cover 320 at intervals. The exterior cover 320 is fixed in the recessed portion 314 by the plurality of hook portions 321 being respectively snapped into the plurality of hook grooves 315 .

Furthermore, the inner cover 400 further includes a raised portion 430 and a groove 440 . The protruding portion 430 is located on the inner bottom surface 413 of the second cover 410 and extends into the container opening 130 . The groove 440 is located on the top surface 411 of the second cover 410 and is recessed toward the raised portion 430 , and the pressing portion 500 is located in the groove 440 .

Moreover, FIG. 5 is a partial schematic view of the top cover 200 in FIG. 2 through the exterior decoration cover 320 . As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 , the pressing portion 500 includes a protrusion 510 and a limiting member 600 . The protrusion 510 includes a first end 511 and a second end 512 opposite to each other. The first end 511 of the protrusion 510 is connected to the second cover 410 , and the second end 512 extends out of the first cover 310 from the opening 316 . For example, the first end 511 of the protrusion 510 is integrally connected with the second cover 410 . The long axis direction (such as the Z axis direction) of the protrusion 510 is coaxial with the long axis direction (such as the Z axis direction) of the container body 100 . The limiting member 600 is located outside the first cover 310 and is movably connected to the second end 512 of the protrusion 510 . In this way, when the limiting member 600 is in a first position relative to the boss 510, the limiting member 600 abuts against the outer top surface 311 of the first cover 310 to stop the downward movement of the pressing portion 500; When the member 600 is in a second position relative to the second end 512 of the protrusion 510 , the limiting member 600 can move into the opening 316 together with the downward movement of the pressing portion 500 .

More specifically, the limiting member 600 includes an end cap 610 and an elastic snap ring 611 . The end cap 610 is rotatably located at the second end 512 of the post 510 . The elastic snap ring 611 is fixed on the end cover 610 . A part of the elastic snap ring 611 has a linear direction. For example, the end cap 610 is pivotally seated on the second end 512 of the boss 510 via the stud B. As shown in FIG. The elastic snap ring 611 includes two buckle portions 612 and an arc ring portion 613 . Each locking portion 612 is respectively connected to two opposite ends of the arc ring portion 613 . The plurality of locking portions 612 are columnar, and the two locking portions 612 are coaxial with each other and inserted into the holes 610A at two opposite sides of the end cover 610 , and the locking portions 612 share the aforementioned linear direction with each other. Therefore, the arc ring portion 613 can be selectively located at the first position or the second position along with the pivoting of the plurality of locking portions 612 in the linear direction.

It should be understood that when the limiting member 600 is at the first position, the linear direction of the elastic snap ring 611 and the long axis direction of the breach 316 intersect each other (for example, orthogonal), so the limiting member 600 can stop the pressing portion 500 On the contrary, when the stopper 600 is in the second position, the linear direction of the elastic snap ring 611 and the long axis direction of the breach 316 are parallel to each other, so the stopper 600 cannot stop the direction of the pressing part 500 down exercise.

More specifically, the outer top surface 311 of the first cover 310 has an accommodating groove 317, the opening 316 is located in the accommodating groove 317, and the elastic snap ring 611 can be rotated around a linear direction and put into the accommodating groove 317. . The breach 316 is long and narrow, and the breach 316 has a long-axis direction (such as the X-axis direction), the long-axis direction of the protrusion 510 (such as the Z-axis direction) and the long-axis direction of the breach 316 (such as the X-axis direction) intersect each other (eg, orthogonal).

6A to 6B are successive operation diagrams before the top cover 200 is unscrewed. As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 5, when the user wants to unscrew the top cover 200, the user first removes the exterior cover 320 from the recessed portion 314; then, as shown in Figure 5 and Figure 6A, the user will The snap ring 611 is rotated out of the accommodation groove 317 along the direction D1 (FIG. 6A), so that the elastic snap ring 611 is located directly above the end cover 610 (at this time, the linear direction of the elastic snap ring 611 is the Y-axis direction); then, as shown in FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B , the user rotates the elastic snap ring 611 around the long axis direction of the boss 510 (such as the Z-axis direction), so that the elastic snap ring 611 rotates 90 degrees along the direction D2, so that the elastic snap ring 611 The linear direction is parallel to the major axis direction of the notch 316 (such as the X-axis direction).

FIG. 7 is an operating diagram of the inner lid 400 of the container with lid 10 in FIG. 4 being pressed. In this way, as shown in FIG. 7 , since the linear direction of the elastic snap ring 611 and the long axis direction (such as the X-axis direction) of the notch 316 are parallel to each other ( FIG. 6B ), when the user presses down on the pressing portion 500, the elastic snap ring The ring 611 can be completely moved into the opening 316 along with the downward movement of the pressing part 500 . At this time, with the movement of the above-mentioned pressing part 500, the second cover 410 linearly slides downward in the second chamber 412 of the first cover 310, so that the internal thread part 450 is separated from the external thread part 140, that is, Each second thread 451 disengages from the corresponding first thread 141 and moves toward another first thread 141 .

In this way, since the tangential force between the internal thread portion 450 and the external thread portion 140 is reduced, the inner cap 400 on the container body 100 can be unscrewed in another rotation direction to disengage from the container opening 130 , thereby achieving labor saving.

In addition, when the user applies pressure to press down the inner cover 400, the water-stop gasket 700 is compressed and thus stores resilience; on the contrary, when the user no longer applies pressure, the resilience of the water-stop gasket 700 makes the second cover Body 410 is pushed back up.

FIGS. 8A to 8B are operation diagrams of the top cover 200 in FIG. 7 in the pressing process, respectively. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 8A , the outer cover 300 further includes a plurality of (for example, three) grooves 313 . The groove 313 is recessed on the inner wall of the first chamber 312 . The inner cover 400 includes a plurality (eg, 3) of protrusions 420 . The plurality of protrusions 420 are distributed on the second cover 410 at intervals. Each protrusion 420 protrudes from the outer wall of the second cover 410 opposite to the second chamber 412 , and is slidably located in the corresponding groove 313 .

In this way, when the second cover 410 slides in a straight line (such as in the Z-axis direction) downward in the second chamber 412 of the first cover 310 ( FIG. 7 ), each protrusion 420 passes through the corresponding groove 313 Guided, the inner cover 400 can slide relative to the outer cover 300 along the second chamber 412 ( FIG. 8B ). In addition, because the protrusion 420 is limited in the groove 313 , the inner cover 400 can be prevented from detaching from the outer cover 300 .

In this way, through the structures of the above embodiments, the container with a lid of the present invention can have its internal and external threads separated from each other and release the force, thereby helping to unscrew the top cover smoothly and remove it from the container body easily, so as to achieve the purpose of labor saving .

Finally, the above-disclosed embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone who is familiar with this technology can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all of them are protected. in the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the claims.

Claims (10)

1. A lidded container comprising:

a container body having a container opening and an external thread portion; and

a top cap comprising:

the outer cover comprises a first cover body and a break, and the break is positioned on the first cover body; and

the inner cover comprises a second cover body, an internal thread part and a pressing part, wherein the second cover body is slidably arranged in the first cover body and covers the container opening, the pressing part is connected with the upper top surface of the second cover body and is exposed out of the outer cover from the break, the internal thread part is formed in the second cover body and is in threaded engagement with the external thread part, so that the top cover is movably assembled on the container body,

wherein the inner cap tightly covers the container opening when the inner cap on the container body is twisted so that the female screw portion directly abuts against the male screw portion, and can be twisted loose to be separated from the container opening when the pressing portion is pressed to separate the female screw portion from the male screw portion.

2. The covered container of claim 1, wherein the male threaded portion comprises two first threads having a thread pitch therebetween, the female threaded portion comprises at least one second thread having a width less than the thread pitch,

when the inner thread part is screwed on the outer thread part, the second screw thread is positioned between the two first screw threads and abuts against one of the two first screw threads, and when the pressing part is pressed from the outer cover, the second screw thread is separated from the corresponding first screw thread and moves towards the other first screw thread.

3. The covered container of claim 1, wherein the outer cover further comprises at least one groove, a first groove chamber is formed in the first cover body and is communicated with the break, the groove is concavely formed in the inner wall of the first groove chamber, the inner cover comprises at least one protruding block, a second groove chamber is formed in the second cover body, the protruding block is convexly formed on the outer wall of the second cover body opposite to the second groove chamber and is slidably arranged in the groove, and the inner cover can slide along the second groove chamber relative to the outer cover by guiding the protruding block in the groove.

4. The covered container of claim 1, wherein the pressing portion comprises:

one end of the convex column is connected with the second cover body, and the other end of the convex column extends out of the first cover body from the break; and

the limiting piece is positioned outside the first cover body and can be movably connected with the other end of the convex column,

when the limiting piece is in a first position relative to the convex column, the limiting piece abuts against the outer top surface of the first cover body to stop the movement of the pressing part, and when the limiting piece is in a second position relative to the other end of the convex column, the limiting piece moves into the break along with the movement of the pressing part.

5. The covered container of claim 4, wherein said retainer comprises an end cap rotatably positioned at said other end of said post and a snap ring secured to said end cap, a portion of said snap ring having a linear orientation, said break having a long axis orientation,

wherein when the end cap rotates around the axis of the boss to enable the elastic snap ring to be positioned at the first position, the linear direction and the long axis direction of the break intersect each other,

when the end cover rotates around the axis of the convex column to enable the elastic snap ring to be located at the second position, the linear direction is parallel to the long axis direction of the break, and therefore the elastic snap ring can move into the break along with the pressing portion.

6. The covered container of claim 5, wherein said outer top surface of said first cover has a receiving recess, said break is located in said receiving recess, and said snap ring is rotatable about said linear direction into said receiving recess.

7. The covered container of claim 1, wherein the inner lid further comprises:

a bulge part which is positioned on the inner bottom surface of the second cover body and extends into the container opening; and

the groove is positioned on the upper top surface of the second cover body and is recessed towards the direction of the bulge, and the pressing part is positioned in the groove.

8. The covered container of claim 7, wherein the inner lid further comprises:

and a water stop gasket located at the inner bottom surface of the second cover body and surrounding the bulge, wherein the water stop gasket is directly clamped between the second cover body and the container opening when the inner cover tightly covers the container opening.

9. The covered container of claim 1, wherein the top of the first cover has a recess and the breach is located in the recess, the top cover further comprising an outer decorative cover removably located in the recess and covering the recess.

10. The container of claim 9, wherein the first cover further comprises a plurality of hook grooves, the plurality of hook grooves are spaced apart in the recess, the outer cover comprises a plurality of hook portions, the plurality of hook portions are spaced apart at one end of the outer cover, the plurality of hook portions are respectively snapped into the plurality of hook grooves, and the outer cover is fixed in the recess.

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