CN210455810U

CN210455810U - Bottle cap assembly having rupturable portion and bottle including the same

Info

Publication number: CN210455810U
Application number: CN201921309779.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵烈
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2019-08-13
Filing date: 2019-08-13
Publication date: 2020-05-05
Anticipated expiration: 2029-08-13

Abstract

A closure assembly having a rupturable portion, wherein the closure assembly comprises a first closure and a second closure; the second bottle cap is provided with the rupturable portion; the first cap causing the rupturable portion to change from a non-ruptured state to a ruptured state upon rotational movement of the first cap relative to the second cap; in a non-ruptured state, the rupturable portion sealingly separates an interior of the first bottle cap from an interior of the second bottle cap; in a ruptured state, the interior of the first closure is in communication with the interior of the second closure and further in communication with the interior of the body connected to the second closure. A bottle comprising a closure assembly as described above having a rupturable portion.

Description

Bottle cap assembly having rupturable portion and bottle including the same

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a bottle cap assembly having a rupturable portion and a bottle including the same.

Background

At present, most beverage bottles in the market are single-layer knob bottle caps with single functions, and the bottle caps only play a sealing role. There are also a few storage caps, such as a medicine cap, which has an openable upper storage cavity and a lower coupling portion for coupling with a body, and a small cap fastened to the upper storage cavity, so that a user can place some objects, such as a certain medicine to be taken in cooperation with the medicine in the bottle, in the storage cavity, and when the user needs to take the medicine, the user can open the small cap to open the storage cavity, take the medicine out of the storage cavity, unscrew the cap, and take another medicine out of the bottle to be taken in cooperation with the medicine. The bottle caps have certain characteristics/advantages, and bring certain convenience to life of people.

On the other hand, as the standard of living of people increases, there is a higher demand and awareness of the quality of the beverages, the shelf life of the products and the use of product additives, for example, it is desired that the products in the bottles, such as beverages, feel pleasant to the mouth, no preservatives are added, but the shelf life is sufficiently long. Conventional pre-brewed beverages have difficulty meeting these requirements because the beverages are rich in nutrients and, without the addition of preservatives, have difficulty in providing a beverage with adequate shelf life. In this context, the present inventors have conceived to solve the aforementioned problems starting from a bottle cap and a bottle body, and specifically, the present disclosure proposes, for example, to use the front storage bottle cap, store a solute in an upper cavity thereof, store a solvent such as purified water in the bottle body, and before a user drinks a beverage, take out the solute in the cavity, pour the solute into the bottle body, mix the same, shake the same, and then eat the same. Thus, the aforementioned requirements of the beverage are partially addressed by the fact that the solute, which may be, for example, a dry purified vitamin tablet, is stored separately from the solvent, which may be, for example, purified water, and which may each have a long shelf life.

However, even the aforementioned bottle caps do not fully satisfy the needs of people, for example, in the case of the aforementioned storage bottle caps, there is a certain inconvenience that a user takes out and puts the contents in the upper cavity into the bottle body, and the user needs to carefully handle the bottle caps or the bottle caps are scattered. Secondly, contamination may also occur during the dispensing process, for example by bacteria on the hands being carried into the body. Finally, the bottles of the prior art have the drawback of poor sealing, i.e. the sealing of the inside of the cap and of the body with respect to the external environment is liable to be contaminated due to the lack of seals.

There are also some prior art closures which include a rupturable portion and a tear ring. However, after the cap is opened, the breakable portion may fall into the solvent of the bottle body, thereby causing inconvenience in drinking.

There is therefore a need to develop a new type of bottle cap that solves at least one or more of the aforementioned problems of the prior art bottle caps.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In light of the above-described shortcomings and disadvantages, it is an object of the present disclosure to at least address one or more of the above-described problems in the prior art.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a closure assembly having a rupturable portion is provided, the closure assembly including a first closure and a second closure.

The second bottle cap is provided with a rupturable portion.

The first cap causes the rupturable portion to change from a non-ruptured state to a ruptured state in response to rotational movement of the first cap relative to the second cap.

In a non-ruptured state, the rupturable portion sealingly separates an interior of the first bottle cap from an interior of the second bottle cap.

In a ruptured state, the interior of the first closure is in communication with the interior of the second closure and further in communication with the interior of the body connected to the second closure.

According to the above aspect of the present disclosure, the first cap has the first cap body and the first cap connecting portion which are integrally formed.

The first cap body has a compressible structure such that the first cap body has a variable internal volume. The first vial cap body has a dissolvable solute contained within an interior volume thereof.

According to the above aspects of the present disclosure, the first cap connecting portion is provided with the annular first cap step at the first cap opening.

An annular first bottle cap stopping portion is arranged at the joint of the first bottle cap connecting portion and the first bottle cap body.

An annular first cap pour scoop and a first cap thread are also provided between the first cap step and the first cap stop and on an outer peripheral surface of the first cap connection.

According to the above aspects of the present disclosure, the second bottle cap is further provided with an annular tear ring, a second bottle cap body and an annular second bottle cap stopper which are integrally formed.

The tear ring includes a tear ring body and a tear ring scoop connected together by a weakened portion.

The tear ring body and the second bottle cap body are connected together through a weakening portion.

The second bottle cap body is connected to the second bottle cap stop by a weakened portion.

According to the above aspects of the present disclosure, the second closure body has a second closure first thread and a second closure second thread disposed on an inner surface thereof.

The second cap first threads are capable of rotatably engaging the first cap threads.

The second cap second threads are capable of rotatably engaging body threads on a body engaged with the second cap. The interior space of the body contains a dissolving liquid such as water.

According to the above aspects of the present disclosure, the rupturable portion is disconnectably connected to the inner surface of the second closure body.

An annular first sealing feature is provided on an upper surface of the rupturable portion facing the tear ring.

An annular rupturable tab is also provided on the upper surface.

An annular second sealing feature is provided on a surface of the rupturable tab facing the second closure first thread.

An annular second cap step is disposed between the rupturable portion and the second cap first thread.

According to the above aspects of the present disclosure, the rupturable portion has a plurality of rupture portion ribs, one of which is connected to the inner surface of the second closure body.

According to the various aspects of the present disclosure, the inner surface of the second closure body is further provided with a third sealing feature and a second closure tab having an annular shape.

An annular fourth sealing feature is provided on a surface of the second cap tab facing the second cap thread.

The third sealing feature and the fourth sealing feature are for sealing a body opening of a body engaged with the second bottle cap.

According to the above aspects of the present disclosure, the second cap stopper is clamped between a body pour scoop of a body engaged with the second cap and the body stopper.

According to the above aspects of the present disclosure, in a non-ruptured state, the first bottle cap, the second bottle cap, and the body are assembled together; wherein the tear ring pour spoon of the second bottle cap is snapped between the first bottle cap pour spoon and the first bottle cap stop.

The first cap threads are in contact with but not engaged with the second cap first threads.

The first cap connecting portion is sealed at its first cap opening by the first and second sealing features.

The edge of the first cap opening abuts the rupturable portion.

The first bottle cap step and the second bottle cap step are in a non-contact state.

The second bottle cap second thread is meshed with the bottle body thread.

The second bottle cap stopping portion is clamped between the bottle body stopping portion and the bottle body pouring spoon.

The body opening is sealed by the third sealing feature and the fourth sealing feature.

According to the above aspects of the present disclosure, after tearing the tear ring body, the first closure threads are engaged with the second closure first threads by rotating the first closure body.

The tear ring pour spoon remains snapped between the first bottle cap pour spoon and the first bottle cap stop.

As the first cap is lowered in rotation relative to the second cap, the edge of the first cap opening pushes open the rupturable portion so that the interior of the first cap is in communication with the interior of the second cap and with the interior of the body until the first cap step is in abutting contact against the second cap step. At this time, the soluble solute contained in the inner volume of the first cap body can be dissolved in the dissolved liquid such as water contained in the inner space of the body through the second cap.

The rupturable portion is maintained in connection with the second closure body by the one of the rupture portion reinforcing ribs.

The second bottle cap body is separated from the second bottle cap stopping portion by rotating the second bottle cap body relative to the bottle body, and the second bottle cap body is further separated from the bottle body.

The second bottle cap stopping portion keeps clamped between the bottle body stopping portion and the bottle body pouring spoon.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a bottle including the bottle cap assembly as described above. The bottle comprises the bottle body.

According to the above aspects of the present disclosure, the first bottle cap is moved downward toward the second bottle cap by rotating the first bottle cap with respect to the bottle body after tearing the tear ring body, the first bottle cap pushes the rupturable portion open, and the interior of the first bottle cap communicates with the interior of the bottle body. In this way, the material (soluble solute) in the interior of the first cap can be dissolved in the solvent (dissolved liquid) in the interior of the body. If the user does not tear the tear ring, the first bottle cap cannot be screwed down, thereby preventing the user from accidentally screwing the first bottle cap down to rupture the rupturable portion and undesirably mixing the material and the solvent.

The structure (arrangement of multiple sealing features) according to the disclosure solves the defect that the bottle and the bottle cap in the prior art have poor sealing, and effectively prevents the problem that the inside of the bottle cap and the inside of the bottle body are easily polluted relative to the external environment.

So that the manner in which the disclosure is made in detail herein can be better understood, and in which the contributions to the art may be better appreciated, the disclosure has been summarized rather broadly. There are, of course, embodiments of the disclosure that will be described below and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception upon which this disclosure is based may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present disclosure. It is important, therefore, that the appended claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

Drawings

The present disclosure will be better understood and its advantages will become more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following drawings. The drawings described herein are for illustrative purposes only of selected embodiments and not all possible implementations and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.

Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a closure assembly comprising a first closure and a second closure according to the present disclosure;

fig. 2 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the bottle cap assembly shown in fig. 1 according to the present disclosure;

figure 3 shows a cross-sectional view of a second bottle cap according to the present disclosure;

fig. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of a first bottle cap according to the present disclosure;

fig. 5 shows a top view of a rupturable portion according to the present disclosure;

fig. 6 shows a perspective view of a bottle including the bottle cap assembly according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 shows a cross-sectional view of a first cap ejecting the rupturable portion in accordance with the present disclosure;

fig. 8 shows a cross-sectional view of a bottle after unscrewing the first and second caps according to the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The foregoing and other technical matters, features and effects of the present disclosure will be apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments, which is to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings. Directional terms as referred to in the following examples, for example: up, down, left, right, front or rear, etc., are simply directions with reference to the drawings. Therefore, the directional terminology used is for the purpose of description and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure, and moreover, like reference numerals denote like elements throughout the embodiments.

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a closure assembly according to the present disclosure comprising a first closure and a second closure. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a bottle cap assembly having a rupturable portion, the bottle cap assembly including a first bottle cap 1 and a second bottle cap 2.

The second closure 2 is provided with a rupturable portion 3 (see fig. 3).

Upon rotational movement of the first closure 1 relative to the second closure 2, the first closure 1 causes the rupturable portion 3 to change from a non-ruptured state (see fig. 2) to a ruptured state (see fig. 7).

In the non-ruptured state, the rupturable portion 3 sealingly separates the interior of the first closure 1 from the interior of the second closure 2.

In the broken state, the interior of the first cap 1 is in communication with the interior of the second cap 2 and thus with the interior of the body 4 connected to the second cap 2.

According to the above-described embodiments of the present disclosure, the first cap 1 has the first cap body 1-1 and the first cap coupling part 1-2 which are integrally formed.

As shown in fig. 4, the first cap body 1-1 has a compressible structure, so that the first cap body 1-1 has a variable internal volume. The first cap body has a bellows-like appearance, also referred to as a spring bottle, and is made of a material having elasticity, such as, but not limited to, a food grade plastic material. The user can change the shape of the first cap body 1-1 by squeezing and can apply a certain air pressure toward the rupturable portion 3.

The first vial cap body 1-1 has a dissolvable solute contained within an interior volume thereof.

According to the above various embodiments of the present disclosure, the first cap connecting portion 1-2 is provided with an annular first cap step 1-4 at the first cap opening 1-3.

An annular first bottle cap stopping portion 1-5 is arranged at the connection position of the first bottle cap connecting portion 1-2 and the first bottle cap body 1-1.

An annular first cap pouring spoon 1-6 and a first cap thread 1-7 are further provided between the first cap step 1-4 and the first cap stopper 1-5 and on the outer circumferential surface of the first cap connecting portion 1-2.

According to the above embodiments of the present disclosure, the second bottle cap 2 is further provided with an integrally formed annular tearing ring 2-2, a second bottle cap body 2-1 and an annular second bottle cap stopper 2-3.

The tearing ring 2-2 comprises a tearing ring body 2-2-1 and a tearing ring reverse spoon 2-2-2 which are connected together through a weakening part.

The tearing ring body 2-2-1 and the second bottle cap body 2-1 are connected together through a weakening part.

The second closure body 2-1 is connected to the second closure stop 2-3 by a weakening.

The weakening sections are realized, for example, by annular grooves and/or point-like connections.

According to the above embodiments of the present disclosure, the second closure body 2-1 is provided with the second closure first thread 2-4 and the second closure second thread 2-5 on the inner surface thereof.

The second cap first threads 2-4 may be rotatably engaged with the first cap threads 1-7.

The second cap second threads 2-5 are capable of rotatably engaging body threads 4-1 on a body 4 engaged with the second cap 2 (see fig. 7 and 8). The inner space of the body 4 contains a dissolving liquid such as water.

According to the above embodiments of the present disclosure, the breakable part 3 is disconnectably connected to the inner surface of the second closure body 2-1.

An annular first sealing feature 3-1 is provided on the upper surface of the rupturable portion 3 facing the tear ring 2-2.

An annular rupturable tab 3-3 is also provided on the upper surface.

An annular second sealing feature 3-2 is provided on the surface of the rupturable tab 3-3 facing the second closure first thread 2-4.

An annular second closure step 2-6 is provided between the rupturable portion 3 and the second closure first thread 2-4.

According to the above-described respective embodiments of the present disclosure, the rupturable portion 3 has a plurality of rupture portion ribs 3-4, and one 3-4-1 of the rupture portion ribs 3-4 is connected to the inner surface of the second bottle cap body 2-1 (see fig. 5).

According to the various embodiments of the present disclosure, the second closure body 2-1 is further provided with a third sealing feature 2-7 and a second closure tab 2-9 having an annular shape on the inner surface.

An annular fourth sealing feature 2-8 is provided on the surface of the second closure tab 2-9 facing the second closure thread 2-5.

The third sealing feature 2-7 and the fourth sealing feature 2-8 are for sealing a body opening 4-2 of a body 4 engaged with the second closure 2 (see fig. 7 and 8).

According to the above embodiments of the present disclosure, the second bottle cap stopper 2-3 is clamped between the body pour spoon 4-3 and the body stopper 4-4 of the body 4 engaged with the second bottle cap 2.

According to the above embodiments of the present disclosure, in the non-rupture state, the first bottle cap 1, the second bottle cap 2 and the bottle body 4 are assembled together (see fig. 6); wherein the tear ring pouring spoon 2-2-2 of the second bottle cap 2 is snapped between the first bottle cap pouring spoon 1-5 and the first bottle cap stop 1-5 (see fig. 2).

The first cap threads 1-7 are in contact with but not engaged with the second cap first threads 2-4.

The first cap connecting part 1-2 is sealed at its first cap opening 1-3 by the first sealing feature 3-1 and the second sealing feature 3-2.

The edge of the first cap opening 1-3 abuts the rupturable portion 3.

The first bottle cap steps 1-4 and the second bottle cap steps 2-6 are in a non-contact state.

The second bottle cap second threads 2-5 are meshed with the bottle body threads 4-1.

The second bottle cap stopping portion 2-3 is clamped between the bottle body stopping portion 4-4 and the bottle body pouring spoon 4-3.

The body opening 4-2 is sealed by the third sealing feature 2-7 and the fourth sealing feature 2-8.

According to the above embodiments of the present disclosure, after tearing the tear ring body 2-2-1, the first cap thread 1-7 is engaged with the second cap first thread 2-4 by rotating the first cap body 1-1, as shown in fig. 7.

The tearing ring pouring spoon 2-2-2 is kept clamped between the first bottle cap pouring spoon 1-6 and the first bottle cap stopping portion 2-5.

As the first cap 1 is lowered in relation to the rotation of the second cap 2, the edge of the first cap opening 1-3 pushes the rupturable portion 3 so that the interior of the first cap 1 is in communication with the interior of the second cap 2 and with the interior of the body 4 until the first cap step 1-4 comes into abutting contact with the second cap step 2-6. At this time, the soluble solute contained in the inner volume of the first cap body 1-1 can be dissolved in the dissolved liquid such as water contained in the inner space of the body 4 through the second cap 2.

The rupturable portion 3 is maintained in connection with the second closure body 2-1 by said one 3-4-1 of the rupture portion ribs 3-4. As mentioned above, the shape of the first cap body 1-1 can be changed by the user by squeezing and a certain air pressure can be applied towards the rupturable portion 3 to avoid the rupturable portion 3 from getting stuck in the first cap opening 1-3 of the first bottle cap 1.

By rotating the second bottle cap body 2-1 relative to the bottle body 4, the second bottle cap body 2-1 is separated from the second bottle cap stopper 2-3, and thus the second bottle cap body 2-1 is separated from the bottle body 4.

The second bottle cap stopping portion 2-3 is kept clamped between the bottle body stopping portion 4-4 and the bottle body pouring spoon 4-3.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a bottle 5 is provided comprising the bottle cap assembly as described above. The bottle 5 comprises the body 4.

The structure (arrangement of a plurality of sealing features, such as bulges) according to the disclosure solves the defect of poor sealing of the bottle in the prior art, and effectively prevents the problem that the inside of the bottle cap and the inside of the bottle body are easily polluted relative to the external environment.

While the disclosure has been described in the specification and drawings with reference to specific embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the disclosure as defined in the claims. Moreover, the combination and arrangement of features, elements and/or functions between specific embodiments herein is clearly apparent and thus, in light of this disclosure, one skilled in the art will appreciate that features, elements and/or functions of an embodiment may be incorporated into another specific embodiment as appropriate, unless described otherwise, above. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the disclosure without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the disclosure not be limited to the particular embodiment illustrated by the drawings and described in the specification as the best mode presently contemplated for carrying out this disclosure, but that the disclosure will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the foregoing description and the appended claims.

Claims

1. A bottle cap assembly having a rupturable portion,

the bottle cap assembly comprises a first bottle cap and a second bottle cap;

the second bottle cap is provided with a breakable part;

the first cap causing the rupturable portion to change from a non-ruptured state to a ruptured state upon rotational movement of the first cap relative to the second cap;

in a non-ruptured state, the rupturable portion sealingly separates an interior of the first bottle cap from an interior of the second bottle cap;

2. The bottle cap assembly of claim 1,

the first bottle cap is provided with a first bottle cap body and a first bottle cap connecting part which are integrally formed;

the first cap body has a compressible structure such that the first cap body has a variable internal volume.

3. The bottle cap assembly of claim 2,

the first bottle cap connecting part is provided with an annular first bottle cap step at the opening of the first bottle cap;

an annular first bottle cap stopping part is arranged at the joint of the first bottle cap connecting part and the first bottle cap body;

4. The bottle cap assembly of claim 3,

the second bottle cap is also provided with an annular tearing ring, a second bottle cap body and an annular second bottle cap stopping part which are integrally formed;

the tearing ring comprises a tearing ring body and a tearing ring inverted spoon which are connected together through a weakening part;

the tearing ring body and the second bottle cap body are connected together through a weakening part;

5. The bottle cap assembly of claim 4,

a second bottle cap first thread and a second bottle cap second thread are arranged on the inner surface of the second bottle cap body;

the second cap first thread is capable of rotatably engaging the first cap thread;

the second cap second threads are capable of rotatably engaging body threads on a body engaged with the second cap.

6. The bottle cap assembly of claim 5,

the rupturable portion is disconnectably connected to the inner surface of the second closure body;

providing an annular first sealing feature on an upper surface of the rupturable portion facing the tear ring;

an annular rupturable tab is also provided on the upper surface;

providing an annular second sealing feature on a surface of the rupturable tab facing the second closure first thread;

7. The bottle cap assembly of claim 6,

the rupturable portion has a plurality of rupture portion ribs, one of which is attached to the inner surface of the second closure body.

8. The bottle cap assembly of claim 7,

the inner surface of the second bottle cap body is also provided with a third sealing feature and a second annular bottle cap lug;

providing an annular fourth sealing feature on a surface of the second bottle cap tab facing the second bottle cap thread;

9. The bottle cap assembly of claim 8,

the second bottle cap stopping portion is clamped between the body pouring spoon of the body, which is combined with the second bottle cap, and the body stopping portion.

10. The bottle cap assembly of claim 9,

in a non-ruptured state, the first bottle cap, the second bottle cap and the body are assembled together; wherein

The tearing ring reverse spoon of the second bottle cap is clamped between the first bottle cap reverse spoon and the first bottle cap stopping portion;

the first cap threads are in contact with but not engaged with the second cap first threads;

the first cap connecting portion is sealed at its first cap opening by the first sealing feature and the second sealing feature;

an edge of the first cap opening abuts the rupturable portion;

the first bottle cap step and the second bottle cap step are in a non-contact state;

the second bottle cap second thread is meshed with the bottle body thread;

the second bottle cap stopping part is clamped between the bottle body stopping part and the bottle body pouring spoon;

11. The bottle cap assembly of claim 10,

after tearing the tear ring body, bringing the first cap threads into engagement with the second cap first threads by rotating the first cap body;

the tearing ring reverse spoon is kept clamped between the first bottle cap reverse spoon and the first bottle cap stopping portion;

as the first cap is lowered in relation to the rotation of the second cap, the edge of the first cap opening pushes the rupturable portion open so that the interior of the first cap is in communication with the interior of the second cap until the first cap step is in abutting contact against the second cap step;

the rupturable portion is maintained in connection with the second closure body by the one of the rupture portion reinforcing ribs;

rotating the second cap body relative to the body such that the second cap body is separated from the second cap stopper, thereby separating the second cap body from the body;

12. A bottle comprising the bottle cap assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 11.