EP0461065A1 - Bouchon pour un bidon - Google Patents

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EP0461065A1
EP0461065A1 EP91810075A EP91810075A EP0461065A1 EP 0461065 A1 EP0461065 A1 EP 0461065A1 EP 91810075 A EP91810075 A EP 91810075A EP 91810075 A EP91810075 A EP 91810075A EP 0461065 A1 EP0461065 A1 EP 0461065A1
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Josef Thoma
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AG SIGG ALUMINIUM- und METALLWARENFABRIK
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/32—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with means for venting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/24—Closures 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
    • B65D47/245—Closures 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 stopper-type element
    • B65D47/247—Closures 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 stopper-type element moving linearly, i.e. without rotational motion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS 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
    • B65D2205/00—Venting means

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  • the present invention relates to a closure for a drinking bottle with a closure cap that can be ascertained on the bottle neck according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • Such bottles are used especially by cyclists.
  • Such bottles are provided with closable lids or caps.
  • a bottle for cyclists is known from German Offenlegungsschrift 35 14 261, in which the mouthpiece can be pulled axially out of the closure cap, thereby forming a passage opening for the liquid in the bottle.
  • the cyclist can either spray the liquid in fine jets, e.g. to wet his face, let it come out or he can expose the drinking opening to the extent that it is possible to drink by squeezing the bottle, which is usually made of a soft plastic.
  • the bottle is then sealed again by pushing back the mouthpiece.
  • a bottle stopper for dispenser bottles which has a pouring part that is axially displaceable in a screw part, the bore of which is securely closed when the pouring part is pushed in by a pin arranged coaxially with the pouring hole in the inside of the closure cap.
  • Both known closures are suitable for bottles that are compressed when dispensing liquid and in which the ventilation of the Interior can take place after removal. It is not possible to draw liquid continuously or to use a solid bottle made of metal, for example.
  • the invention seeks to remedy this.
  • the invention as characterized in the claims, solves the problem of creating a closure for a drinking bottle, which allows a continuous withdrawal of liquid, has a standby position between the liquid withdrawals and enables a tight closure after use.
  • the closure according to the invention permits spill-free drinking because the drinker only completely pulls out the mouthpiece with his teeth after the bottle has been placed on the mouth and thus releases the liquid. Due to the partially opened vent hole in the intermediate position, a constant pressure equalization can take place, so that no liquid escapes under pressure when the pin is pulled out. At the end of the drinking process, the drinker pushes the mouthpiece back into the cap with his tongue, lips or teeth, so that when the bottle is returned from the mouth to the storage location on the front tube of the bicycle, no liquid can flow out and the bottle remains ready to drink at any time. With the flange attached or molded onto the mouthpiece, the vent opening can be completely or partially closed at the same time as the mouthpiece is inserted.
  • FIG. 1 shows schematically a drinking bottle 1 with a cap 5 screwed onto the bottle neck 3.
  • An axially displaceably guided mouthpiece 7 is visible on the closure cap 5.
  • the bottle 1 is designed in such a way that it can be inserted into a holder on the front tube which is present on bicycles of racing drivers.
  • the closure cap 5 consists of a screw part 11 made of plastic or metal and having the bottle neck 3 both inside and outside and having a threaded section 9 and having a central bore 13 into which the mouthpiece 7 can be inserted.
  • the bore 13 has a cylindrical section 15 in the upper part.
  • a lateral extension 17 or webs are let into the screw part 11, which are open towards the underside 18 of the closure cap 5.
  • a web 14 is arranged.
  • a cylindrical or conical ventilation channel 21 Offset from the axis A and outside the bore 13 and the extension 17 of the closure cap 5 is a cylindrical or conical ventilation channel 21 which has a smaller one at the bottle-side end Diameter (bore 22 with a cylindrical shape) has than on the side of the mouthpiece 7.
  • a circular recess 23 which is concentric to the axis A and into which a flange 25 attached to the mouthpiece 7 can engage and engage in a form-fitting manner.
  • a circumferential, rounded-off shoulder 27 is preferably provided on the mouthpiece 7.
  • the mouthpiece 7 has a central, continuous suction bore 29, the diameter of which can be slightly smaller at the bottle-side end of the mouthpiece 7.
  • the mouthpiece 7 has a substantially cylindrical section 31 which is guided longitudinally in the bore 13 of the screw part.
  • Radially circumferential ribs 33 can be attached to the jacket of the cylindrical section 31, which engage in correspondingly arranged circumferential grooves 34 in the bore 13 and hold the mouthpiece 7 in the inserted, a middle and in the extended position.
  • the ventilation channel 21 is completely closed by a preferably conical mandrel 30 when the mouthpiece 7 is inserted.
  • a preferably conical mandrel 30 When the mouthpiece 7 is partially extended (in the intermediate position), just as much air can pass through the straight or helical grooves 32 on the side of the dome 30 that there is pressure equalization between the inside of the bottle and the atmosphere, and the liquid at most if the bottle 1 has fallen or fallen over can drop out.
  • the cyclist intends to drink from the bottle 1, he pulls the mouthpiece 7 axially out of the screw part 11 either by hand or after attaching the mouthpiece 7 to the mouth with his teeth.
  • he brings the mouthpiece 7 into the intermediate position before the start of his journey, so that the bottle 1 cannot be overpressurized by heating the contents of the bottle due to solar radiation.
  • the mouthpiece 7 is completely pulled out, the lower end the cylindrical section 31 of the mouthpiece 7 is pulled out of the pin 19 and a connection between the inside of the bottle is created via the extension 17, which is open at the bottom, to the suction bore 29 and allows liquid to escape from the bottle 1.
  • the ventilation channel 21 which is located within the recess 23, is further exposed by pulling the mouthpiece 7 and the dome 30 out of the screw part 11 and thereby allows air to be admitted in sufficient quantity.
  • the mouthpiece 7 can again be inserted into the screw part 11, still in the cyclist's mouth, and thus leakage of liquid when the bottle 1 is removed from the mouth can be reliably prevented.

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EP91810075A 1990-06-08 1991-02-04 Bouchon pour un bidon Expired - Lifetime EP0461065B1 (fr)

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EP0558470A1 (fr) * 1992-02-26 1993-09-01 GIRLINGER & Co. GESELLSCHAFT m.b.H. Bec verseur pour bouteilles
WO1995003227A1 (fr) * 1993-07-20 1995-02-02 Sigg Ag Haushaltgeräte Bouchon de bouteille ou de bidon
DE4339889C1 (de) * 1993-11-23 1995-04-20 Henkel Kgaa Verschluß für einen Flüssigkeitsbehälter, insbesondere für eine Flasche
US5888729A (en) * 1992-05-06 1999-03-30 Gen-Probe Incorporated Oligonucleotide probes and methods for detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae
US5927565A (en) * 1997-05-16 1999-07-27 Paczonay; Joseph R. Vented valve assembly for liquid containers
DE19860558A1 (de) * 1998-09-01 2000-03-09 Park Ju Wong Flaschenkapsel zur Verwendung bei an Fahrrädern anbringbaren Flaschen für Flüssigkeiten
DE19937754A1 (de) * 1999-08-10 2001-02-15 Fischer Uwe Trinkflaschenverschluß
WO2002074651A3 (fr) * 2001-03-15 2003-01-23 Bmf Gmbh Dispositif de degagement fermable destine a la distribution d'un milieu liquide, visqueux ou pateux contenu dans un recipient
WO2005100189A1 (fr) * 2004-04-13 2005-10-27 Stephen Michael Smith Ensemble bouteille et dispositif d'event associe
EP1737784A2 (fr) * 2004-01-29 2007-01-03 Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc. Raccord rapide de tube d'apport de fluide flexible-tube immerge rigide pour pulverisateur de liquide
GB2457921A (en) * 2008-02-28 2009-09-02 Tullman Design Ltd A spout and closure assembly for a container
DE202010015464U1 (de) 2010-10-30 2011-02-10 Silag Handel Ag Einstellbarer Trinkflaschenverschluß mit Trinkhalmfunktion
DE202010015802U1 (de) 2010-11-25 2011-02-10 Hidde, Axel R., Dr. Ing. Trinkflaschenverschluß mit Rückstellfunktion
US7950388B2 (en) 2005-06-24 2011-05-31 Boehringer Ingelheim International Gmbh Nebuliser and container
WO2021158813A1 (fr) * 2020-02-07 2021-08-12 Bivo, LLC Bouteille d'eau de sport à débit élevé

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US3295294A (en) 1963-08-29 1967-01-03 Fmc Corp Carton handling machine
FR2496598A3 (fr) * 1980-12-18 1982-06-25 Molina Raymond Bidon en matiere plastique, notamment pour cyclistes
DE3514261A1 (de) 1984-04-20 1986-01-02 Campagnolo S.p.A., Vicenza Flasche fuer radfahrer
US4852781A (en) 1987-11-17 1989-08-01 Shurnick Carl W Runner's portable fluid supply container

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US1525032A (en) * 1923-03-07 1925-02-03 William J Grady Closure for containers
US3295294A (en) 1963-08-29 1967-01-03 Fmc Corp Carton handling machine
FR2496598A3 (fr) * 1980-12-18 1982-06-25 Molina Raymond Bidon en matiere plastique, notamment pour cyclistes
DE3514261A1 (de) 1984-04-20 1986-01-02 Campagnolo S.p.A., Vicenza Flasche fuer radfahrer
US4852781A (en) 1987-11-17 1989-08-01 Shurnick Carl W Runner's portable fluid supply container

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EP0558470A1 (fr) * 1992-02-26 1993-09-01 GIRLINGER & Co. GESELLSCHAFT m.b.H. Bec verseur pour bouteilles
US5888729A (en) * 1992-05-06 1999-03-30 Gen-Probe Incorporated Oligonucleotide probes and methods for detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae
WO1995003227A1 (fr) * 1993-07-20 1995-02-02 Sigg Ag Haushaltgeräte Bouchon de bouteille ou de bidon
DE4339889C1 (de) * 1993-11-23 1995-04-20 Henkel Kgaa Verschluß für einen Flüssigkeitsbehälter, insbesondere für eine Flasche
US5927565A (en) * 1997-05-16 1999-07-27 Paczonay; Joseph R. Vented valve assembly for liquid containers
DE19860558A1 (de) * 1998-09-01 2000-03-09 Park Ju Wong Flaschenkapsel zur Verwendung bei an Fahrrädern anbringbaren Flaschen für Flüssigkeiten
DE19937754A1 (de) * 1999-08-10 2001-02-15 Fischer Uwe Trinkflaschenverschluß
WO2002074651A3 (fr) * 2001-03-15 2003-01-23 Bmf Gmbh Dispositif de degagement fermable destine a la distribution d'un milieu liquide, visqueux ou pateux contenu dans un recipient
US6896161B2 (en) 2001-03-15 2005-05-24 Bmf Gmbh Closeable dispensing device for dispensing a liquid, viscous, or pasty medium contained in a container
EP1737784A2 (fr) * 2004-01-29 2007-01-03 Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc. Raccord rapide de tube d'apport de fluide flexible-tube immerge rigide pour pulverisateur de liquide
AU2005227864B2 (en) * 2004-01-29 2010-10-07 Meadwestvaco Calmar, Inc. Flexible fluid delivery tube to rigid dip tube quick connector for liquid sprayer
EP1737784A4 (fr) * 2004-01-29 2010-01-20 Saint Gobain Calmar Inc Raccord rapide de tube d'apport de fluide flexible-tube immerge rigide pour pulverisateur de liquide
WO2005100189A1 (fr) * 2004-04-13 2005-10-27 Stephen Michael Smith Ensemble bouteille et dispositif d'event associe
US7950388B2 (en) 2005-06-24 2011-05-31 Boehringer Ingelheim International Gmbh Nebuliser and container
GB2457921A (en) * 2008-02-28 2009-09-02 Tullman Design Ltd A spout and closure assembly for a container
DE202010015464U1 (de) 2010-10-30 2011-02-10 Silag Handel Ag Einstellbarer Trinkflaschenverschluß mit Trinkhalmfunktion
DE102010049727A1 (de) 2010-10-30 2012-05-03 Silag Handel Ag Einstellbarer Trinkflaschenverschluß mit Trinkhalmfunktion
EP2452889A1 (fr) 2010-10-30 2012-05-16 Silag Handel AG Fermeture de bouteilles de boissons réglables dotée d'une fonction pour boire à la paille
DE202010015802U1 (de) 2010-11-25 2011-02-10 Hidde, Axel R., Dr. Ing. Trinkflaschenverschluß mit Rückstellfunktion
EP2457842A1 (fr) 2010-11-25 2012-05-30 Axel R. Hidde Fermeture pour bouteille de boisson refermable automatiquement
DE102010053518A1 (de) 2010-11-25 2012-05-31 Axel R. Hidde Trinkflaschenverschluss mit Rückstellfunktion
WO2021158813A1 (fr) * 2020-02-07 2021-08-12 Bivo, LLC Bouteille d'eau de sport à débit élevé
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