Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D47/06—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps with pouring spouts or tubes; with discharge nozzles or passages
• • 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
  • B65D23/00—Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
  • B65D23/06—Integral drip catchers or drip-preventing means
  • B65D23/065—Loose or loosely-attached drip catchers or drip preventing means

Definitions

• Drip-Catcher This invention relates to a drip-catcher, especially for a bottle or similar liquid container, and of the kind indica ⁇ ted in the preamble of claim 1.
• Drip-catchers are already known, for instance in the form of a beak for placing in a bottle and intended for pre ⁇ venting dripping from the bottle when pouring.
• a well-known drip-catcher of this type consists of a cork in which has been inserted a through-going tube-formed spout. The spout ends in an obliquely cut edge which during the pouring of the liquid on the one hand will gather the liquid in a regular and well-defined jet so that splashing is avoided and on the other hand will cut off the jet at the end of the pouring so that no drop is formed at the spout.
• the latter feature is particularly important because when the bottle returns to its upright position the drop remaining at the edge of the spout tends to seep downward on the outside of the bottle which is highly undesirable.
• the purpose of the invention is to suggest a simple, cheap and universally useful drip-catcher which does not present the drawbacks of the hitherto known drip-catchers.
• This drip-catcher should, much more efficiently than hitherto possible, prevent splashing and dripping during pouring in- to, for instance, a glass.
• the solution according to the invention consists in shaping the drip-catcher as indicated in the characterizing clause of claim 1.
• the drip-catcher quite simply consists of a round or circular piece of semi-rigid flat plastic foil having a thickness of 0.1-0.2 mm dependent upon the flexi ⁇ bility of the material.
• the size of the piece of material may be of the order of magnitude 60-80 mm diameter.
• the drip-catcher When using the drip-catcher one rolls the piece of material into an oblong cylinder and inserts* one end of it in the bottle or container. Due to its elasticity the piece of ma ⁇ terial tends to unroll so as to assume its original flat configuration and in so doing it tightly engages the inside of the bottle orifice. In this simple way a cylinder-formed spout, which may be slit or completely closed, is formed. It should be noted that the piece of material adapts itself to the orifice of the bottle irrespective of the orifice size, i.e. the drip-catcher is universally useful within a relatively large diameter interval.
• the liquid passes the cylindrical outlet presented by the drip-catcher. Due to the smooth and thin character of the foil material the outlet will constitute an ideal drip-catcher because the edge of the foil cuts off the jet sharply.
• the drip-catcher fulfills its task efficiently in as simple manner.
• the contour of the cut out piece of material may vary with ⁇ in wide limits, it may be circular, elliptical, rhombic, rectangular or triangular dependent upon desire and pur ⁇ pose, cf. claim 2.
• the drip-catcher may have printed on it an advertisement or otherwise be used for publicity, cf. claim 5.
• the drip-catcher may be disposable, i.e. intended for being discarded after use, cf. claim 6, and in this embodiment it may constitute part of the bottle package, for instance it may be packed in a label pocket on the bottle or otherwise be handed out together with a purchased bottle. Or the drip-catcher may present an adhesive zone for direct at ⁇ tachment to the bottle. A tear off-line between the adhe ⁇ sive zone and the drip-catcher proper makes it possible to detach the latter for use.
• Fig. 1 shows a circular piece of material according to the invention in its starting configuration
• Fig. 2 is the same piece of material in the form of a roll for inserting in a bottle
• Fig. 3 is the piece of material inserted as a drip-catcher in a bottle
• Fig. 3a is a view along arrows A-A of Fig. 3,
• Fig. 3b is a similar view in which, however, the drip-cat ⁇ cher has been introduced into a somewhat larger bottle
• Fig. 4 is a magnified sectional view showing the outlet edge or cutting off-edge of the drip-catcher, the liquid coming pouring out through the outlet,
• Fig. 5 is the lectur. picture shown at the end of the pouring.
• Fig.6 shows several shapes of the piece of material.
• the drip-catcher simply consists of a circular cut out piece 1 of .13 mm plasic foil or plastic laminate, for instance PVC plastic material or a similar plastic material quality.
• the material may be transparent or opaque and may be coloured.
• the material should possess a suitable flexibility and elasticity depen ⁇ dent upon the purpose so that the cylinder form shown in Fig. 2 can easily be obtained by manual rolling.
• the size of the piece of material depends upon the size of the bott ⁇ le. For usual domestic size bottles-a diameter of 60-80 mm will be suitable.
• the piece of material Upon forming the piece of material into a cylinder (Fig.2) it is inserted in the mouth of the bottle (Fig.3).
• the bottle In the drawing the bottle is designated by F. Due to its elastici ⁇ ty the piece of material will tend to unroll into its ori ⁇ ginal flat configuration which, however the mouth of the bottle will prevent. The material will engage the inside of the bottle thereby forming a spout-like outlet of the bott ⁇ le. Presuming the bottle neck regularly round and smooth the piece of material will seal efficiently inside the bottle neck and provide an ideal bottle outlet.
• the thin sharp edge of the piece of foil material at the outlet edge 2 brings about that the jet V of liquid is efficiently cut off when the pouring is terminated, i.e. when the bottle returns to its upright position.
• the cutting off prevents the formation of drops at the outlet edge 2 which drops would otherwise seep down on the outside of the bottle.
• the drop-repelling effect is enhanced by using a type of" plastic material for the drip— catcher having a low surface adhesion to the liquid concerned.
• the drip-catcher is self-adjust ⁇ ing, i.e. the drip-catcher may be used for bottles of va ⁇ rying size, cf. Figs. 3a and 3b.
• the drip-catcher is universally applicable.
• Figs. 4 and 5 The cutting off effect of the drip- catcher is illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 showing the pouring operation at the outlet edge and the termination of the pouring, respectively, in which latter situation the jet V of liquid is cut into a portion P which continues leaving the bottle and a portion Q which returns to the bottle. It should be noted that the sharp edge of the foil prevents drops from clinging to it, all in connection with the smooth liquid-repelling surface of the foil material and the surface tension of the liquid. -
• the invention is shown in some variants in Fig.6.
• the piece of material should preferably present rounded corners which brings about the best drip-catching effect.
• the invention is not restricted to the embodiments of the drawing and the foregoing description.
• the drip-catcher of the invention is useful for other objects than bottles such as jugs, cans and barrels.
• the material of the cut out piece may be another material than here specified.

Landscapes

• Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
• Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
• Closures For Containers (AREA)
• Transition And Organic Metals Composition Catalysts For Addition Polymerization (AREA)
• Infusion, Injection, And Reservoir Apparatuses (AREA)
• Devices For Dispensing Beverages (AREA)
• Filtering Materials (AREA)
• Dry Shavers And Clippers (AREA)
• Sorption Type Refrigeration Machines (AREA)
• Polysaccharides And Polysaccharide Derivatives (AREA)
• Saccharide Compounds (AREA)
• Containers Having Bodies Formed In One Piece (AREA)
• Cylinder Crankcases Of Internal Combustion Engines (AREA)
• Magnetic Heads (AREA)
• Control Of Motors That Do Not Use Commutators (AREA)
• Peptides Or Proteins (AREA)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Publications (2)

Family

ID=8111424

Family Applications (1)

Country Status (13)

Cited By (3)

Families Citing this family (16)

Family Cites Families (30)

• 1990
  • 1990-09-24 DK DK229790A patent/DK169026B1/da not_active IP Right Cessation
• 1991
  • 1991-09-17 EP EP91917228A patent/EP0560777B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
  • 1991-09-17 ES ES91917228T patent/ES2099168T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
  • 1991-09-17 DE DE69124112T patent/DE69124112T2/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
  • 1991-09-17 CA CA002092314A patent/CA2092314C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
  • 1991-09-17 DE DE9190216U patent/DE9190216U1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
  • 1991-09-17 AT AT91917228T patent/ATE147347T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
  • 1991-09-17 DK DK91917228.8T patent/DK0560777T3/da active
  • 1991-09-17 WO PCT/DK1991/000275 patent/WO1992005080A1/en active IP Right Grant
  • 1991-09-17 AU AU85409/91A patent/AU655938B2/en not_active Expired
  • 1991-09-23 PT PT99027A patent/PT99027B/pt not_active IP Right Cessation
• 1993
  • 1993-03-23 FI FI931272A patent/FI103027B/fi not_active IP Right Cessation
  • 1993-03-23 NO NO931064A patent/NO179898C/no not_active IP Right Cessation
• 1997
  • 1997-04-08 GR GR970400753T patent/GR3023084T3/el unknown
• 1998
  • 1998-02-25 US US09/030,253 patent/USRE38859E1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

Non-Patent Citations (1)

Also Published As

Similar Documents

Legal Events