CN1249724A - Dispensing closure - Google Patents

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CN1249724A
CN1249724A CN98802938A CN98802938A CN1249724A CN 1249724 A CN1249724 A CN 1249724A CN 98802938 A CN98802938 A CN 98802938A CN 98802938 A CN98802938 A CN 98802938A CN 1249724 A CN1249724 A CN 1249724A
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N·S·阿赖
S·布拉戈尼
R·卡帕兹
小E·鲁皮
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D47/00Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/24Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat
    • B65D47/241Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element
    • B65D47/244Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with poppet valves or lift valves, i.e. valves opening or closing a passageway by a relative motion substantially perpendicular to the plane of the seat the valve being opened or closed by actuating a cap-like element being rotated without axial translation, whilst transmitting axial motion to an internal valve stem or valve seat

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Abstract

A closure (1) for a container (31) for fluids comprises a cap (5) rotatably mounted on the neck of a container, the cap having an axial product outlet passage (6) and a valve (7) movable along the passage to open and close the passage. The valve (7) is in a threaded engagement with the passage (6) and is prevented from rotating with the passage by means of a guide sleeve (10) such that rotation of the cap (5) effects relative rotation between the valve (7) and the passage (6).

Description

The closure member that distributes content
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of closure member that is used for container.Particularly, the present invention relates to be used for packing liquid, especially pack the closure member of viscous liquid container.
Background technology
Major part is used to pack viscous liquid, and for example the container bottle of liquid detergent preferably has large outlet, so that make abstergent, normally the stickiness abstergent can flow out from bottle or internal tank freely with happyly.
But the shortcoming of this packaging system is to be difficult to the discharge of control by the content of bottleneck.At this moment, by inverting container, control the discharge of content by the user, it finally causes wasting partially liq material, for example liquid detergent.Need the content that distributes because the user is difficult to mechanically control,, so that dispense liquid, and do not spray or when pouring out excessive liquid, operation that must careful control hand when user's inverting container.
The objective of the invention is to overcome the problems referred to above to small part, particularly, the purpose of this invention is to provide the system that a kind of easy controlling liquid flows, and, it can be by the user as required, by control operation simply, promptly can change the discharge of liquid, therefore prevented the waste of content.
Summary of the invention
According to the invention provides a kind of closure member that is used for container, it comprises:
The rotatable lid that is installed to container neck, described lid has makes the passage of content along axial discharge;
Valve can move along axial passage, so that open or closed channel;
The rotation of its middle cover makes valve move axially along passage.
The closure member that forms according to the present invention allows the user to control the discharge of the content of pouring out from container effectively with plain mode.Because setting device comprises lid, can therefore, can adjust the discharge of liquid contents by exit passageway with simple, conventional mode rotatable cover.
In one embodiment of the invention, the exit passageway of valve and content is with the screw thread contact matching.Preferably can prevent valve in lid, rotate that therefore, along with the rotation of lid, valve produces moving with respect to lid with respect to lid.The desirable valve that prevents is a guide piece with respect to the device that lid rotates, and it allows valve to move axially along the open channel of content.Generally, guide piece comprises orienting sleeve, the cylinder contact matching of described orienting sleeve and valve.Best, the cylinder of valve and orienting sleeve have the structure of the cooperation of being in contact with one another, for example, and tusk on the valve cylinder and the longitudinally guiding rib in the orienting sleeve.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, orienting sleeve comprises down targeting part, and it is positioned at the below of exit passageway, and usually, extends jointly with the exit passageway of content.The top of orienting sleeve comprises upper lip, and its cooperation is installed in the neck of container.Generally, lid is installed on the container in the hasp mode, and lid preferably includes a pair of concentric skirt section element, and under perfect condition, the skirt section is with the surfaces externally and internally of sealing means contact matching container neck, perhaps leans on mutually with the surfaces externally and internally of the lip of orienting sleeve.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the open channel of content comprises the through hole that is positioned at the one or more openings on the channel side wall, and open channel is wherein moved by valve in the inside of open communication container, perhaps seals at least one opening.General valve comprises through hole, when being arranged in the closed channel position of exit passageway of content with convenient valve, remains in a certain amount of content in the passage, will discharge by valve.By this way, when valve is in the complete closed position, remaining a certain amount of content flow container, therefore the quantity of the liquid contents of this discharge is controlled fully.Relatively large if desired fluid flow, rotatable cover along the passage mobile valve, is opened passage.Along the amount of movement decision liquid of the valve of passage amount of flow by passage.
Desirable closure member comprises the circumferential sealing packing ring between the open channel that is installed in valve and content, and preferably it is towards the opening of passage.Closure member can also comprise enclosing cover, and it is installed on the container with hasp or engage thread.Best, lid is the sealing enclosing cover, in a preferred embodiment, it comprises and the neck of the exit passageway of content or the device of opening sealing contact, these devices generally are that it cooperates contact lid and container, seals neck and passage from the downward skirt section of extending of the downside of lid.
The invention still further relates to a kind ofly, comprise the container of closure member according to the present invention.
Description to accompanying drawing
Below with reference to the accompanying drawings, describe some embodiment of the present invention, will be well understood to the present invention more as just example.
Fig. 1 is the cutaway view according to closure member of the present invention, and its expression is fixed to the neck of container with closure member, and comprises the sealing enclosing cover.
Fig. 2 is the cutaway view of container shown in Figure 1 and closure member, and wherein valve is in complete extended position.
Fig. 3 is the cutaway view of container shown in Figure 1 and closure member, and wherein valve is in complete retracted position.
Fig. 4 is shown in Fig. 1~3, the part sectional view of the lid of the part of formation closure member.
Fig. 5 is the upward view of lid shown in Figure 4.
Fig. 6 is shown in Fig. 1~3, the part sectional view of the orienting sleeve of the part of formation closure member.
Fig. 7 is the birds-eye view of orienting sleeve shown in Figure 6.
Fig. 8 is shown in Fig. 1-3, the part sectional view of the valve of the part of formation closure member.
Fig. 9 is the birds-eye view of valve shown in Figure 8.
Figure 10 is shown in Fig. 1~3, the sectional view of the sealing enclosing cover of the part of formation closure member.
At first, with reference to accompanying drawing 1~3, it is represented according to closure member of the present invention, by code name 1 expression, is fixed on the neck 2 of container 3 usually.Closure member 1 comprises and covers 5, and it is installed in rotation on the neck 2 of container 3, has content axial screw escape route 6 and spiral valve 7 on lid 5, and 5 rotations covers in described spiral valve 7 responses, and move along passage 6.The inside of opening 8 connection containers 3 in passage 6, valve 7 can move along passage 6, so that open or seal opening 8.Be provided with guide piece, so that preventing valve 7 rotates with respect to lid 5, their relative motions between the two are provided thus, described guide piece comprises orienting sleeve 10, it is installed on the neck 2 of container 3, orienting sleeve 10 stretches into the neck 2 of container 3, and it is positioned at the below of neck 2, and extends jointly with exit passageway 6.
In more detail, shown in Fig. 6 and 7, orienting sleeve 10 comprises upper lip 12, and it engages with the neck 2 of container 3, and lip 12 comprises the screw thread 13 that is positioned on the excircle, so that fixed cap 5.Through hole 14 on the top of orienting sleeve 10 can make the content channel connection to exit passageway 6.The inside of orienting sleeve 10 also comprises a series of longitudinal ribs 15, is illustrated below it acts on.
With reference to Figure 4 and 5, lid 5 comprises a pair of concentric skirt section, and outer skirt 30 is leaned on mutually with the outside contact of the lip 12 of orienting sleeve 10, and the inner sealing in inner skirt 31 and skirt section 12 reclines.
With reference to Fig. 8 and 9, valve 7 comprises threaded portion 17 and lower prop 18, and lower prop 18 can slide in orienting sleeve 10.Lower prop 18 comprises a series of tusks 19 along circumferential arrangement, in the space that described tusk 19 cooperates between the longitudinal rib 15 that is installed in orienting sleeve 10, therefore, along passage 6 valve 7 guiding is moved, and prevents that simultaneously valve 7 from rotating with respect to lid 5.Valve 7 also comprises access opening 20.In installation component, circumferential sealing pad 21 is adjacent with the top of passage 6, and between valve 7 and passage 6.
With reference to Figure 10, sealing enclosing cover 25 comprises screw thread lid 26, and it has skirt section 27, and extend downwards from the top of enclosing cover 25 in described skirt section 27, and the size in skirt section 27 cooperates near the inner sealing of the neck 28 of passage 6.
In use, during along a direction rotatable cover 5, described lid 5 will make valve 7 move and extend to position shown in Figure 2.In this position, the perforate 8 in passage 6 is covered fully by valve 7, and therefore, the content impassabitity open channel 6 in the container is discharged.But remaining part content can dispense by the through hole in the valve 7 20.Along opposite direction rotatable cover 5, will make valve 7 be withdrawn into position in the passage shown in Figure 3.At this complete retracted position, valve 7 makes opening 8 expose, and therefore, except that by the perforate 20 in the valve 7, also provides the distribution outlet by perforate passage 6.As shown in Figure 3, the content in the container flows out from container along the orientation shown in the arrow A.By along passage 6 mobile valves 7, can change the discharge rate of the content that flows out open channel 6.
The opening 14 of the last flow channel of orienting sleeve can have other shapes, for example can be position plate, or molded panel, and it has difform space each other.The quantity of rib 15 can have two or more, preferably four, orienting sleeve self also other shapes can be arranged so that except that the flow channel that constitutes content, go back the hold-off valve door main body and in orienting sleeve, move up or down.
The toothed shape that combines of the rib of orienting sleeve and valve can be other shapes beyond the accompanying drawing illustrated embodiment, so that make their contact matching, prevents that valve from rotating with respect to lid.
As shown in drawings, the gangway of valve can freely change, and the size of gangway is partly reduced, so that more accurately control the flow of the content of discharging.
The invention is not restricted to embodiment recited above, in the scope that does not break away from the present invention's design, the structure of the foregoing description can change.

Claims (13)

1. closure member that is used for container, it comprises:
The rotatable lid that is installed to container neck, described lid has makes the passage of content along axial discharge;
Valve can move along axial passage, so that open or closed channel;
The rotation of its middle cover makes valve move axially along passage.
2. according to the described closure member of claim 1, it is characterized in that: valve and passage are with the screw thread contact matching.
3. according to claim 1 or 2 described closure members, it is characterized in that: it comprises guide piece, so as at valve when passage moves axially, prevent that valve from rotating with respect to lid.
4. according to claim 2 or 3 described closure members, it is characterized in that: guide piece comprises orienting sleeve, the cylinder contact matching of orienting sleeve and valve.
5. according to the described closure member of claim 4, it is characterized in that: orienting sleeve comprises the longitudinally guiding rib, the tusk contact matching on the cylinder of described guiding rib and valve.
6. according to one of aforesaid right requirement described closure member, it is characterized in that: the escape route of content comprises the through hole that is positioned at the one or more openings on the sidewall, therefore, and the inside of open communication container, wherein move open channel, perhaps seal opening by valve.
7. according to one of aforesaid right requirement described closure member, it is characterized in that: valve has through hole.
8. according to one of aforesaid right requirement described closure member, it is characterized in that: also comprise the tightening seal washer that is positioned at periphery, described tightening seal washer is installed between the exit passageway of valve and content.
9. according to one of aforesaid right requirement described closure member, it is characterized in that: also comprise the sealing enclosing cover.
10. according to the described closure member of claim 9, it is characterized in that: the neck of described sealing enclosing cover sealing contact content exit passageway.
11. closure member that constitutes according to content shown in the accompanying drawing basically.
12. a container, it is equipped with according to the described closure member of above-mentioned any one claim.
13. one kind is used for viscous liquid, especially stickiness clean liquid, require one of 1~11 described closure member according to aforesaid right.
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