EP2674391A1 - Wasserbehälter für Wasserspender - Google Patents

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EP2674391A1
EP2674391A1 EP12172023.9A EP12172023A EP2674391A1 EP 2674391 A1 EP2674391 A1 EP 2674391A1 EP 12172023 A EP12172023 A EP 12172023A EP 2674391 A1 EP2674391 A1 EP 2674391A1
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Kuei-Tang Chang
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Tall and Stout Industrial Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D3/00—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • B67D3/0029—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes provided with holders for bottles or similar containers
    • B67D3/0035—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes provided with holders for bottles or similar containers the bottle or container being held upside down and not provided with a closure, e.g. a bottle screwed onto a base of a dispenser
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/12—Cans, casks, barrels, or drums
    • B65D1/14—Cans, casks, barrels, or drums characterised by shape
    • B65D1/18—Cans, casks, barrels, or drums characterised by shape of polygonal cross-section
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/12—Cans, casks, barrels, or drums
    • B65D1/20—Cans, casks, barrels, or drums characterised by location or arrangement of filling or discharge apertures
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D3/00—Apparatus or devices for controlling flow of liquids under gravity from storage containers for dispensing purposes
    • B67D3/0058—Details
    • B67D3/0061—Details of liquid containers, e.g. filling, emptying, closing or opening means
    • B67D3/0067—Details of liquid containers, e.g. filling, emptying, closing or opening means relating to shape or materials, e.g. bag-in-box packages [BIB], pouches
    • 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
    • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
    • B65D2501/0009—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures designed for pouring contents
    • B65D2501/0081—Bottles of non-circular cross-section

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  • the present invention relates to a water container, and in particular to a water container for a water dispenser.
  • a water dispenser and water containers associated with the water dispenser are provided, so that people can drink the water in the water container.
  • a water container for the water dispenser is usually formed into a hollow cylindrical shape.
  • This cylindrical water container comprises two planar surfaces and a peripheral surface located on the peripheries of the two planar surfaces.
  • One of the planar surfaces (this planar surface may be possibly configured as a conical surface) is formed with an outlet pipe, which is to be inserted into an inlet port on the top of the water dispenser.
  • the inlet port of the water dispenser is provided with a connector in which an abutting core rod is provided.
  • the pipe end of the outlet pipe is provided with an anti-spill cap.
  • such a conventional cylindrical water container has the following problems. First of all, it is not easy for the conventional cylindrical water container to be packaged or shipped due to its outer profile. Also, the spatial utilization efficiency of the conventional cylindrical water container is bad. More specifically, since the outlet pipe protrudes from one of the planar surfaces of the cylindrical water container, the outlet pipe must have a length large enough to allow the abutting core rod to be inserted therein while allowing the remaining water in the water container to be exhausted as much as possible. As a result, such a cylindrical water container seems to have a long "neck" (i.e. the protruding outlet pipe).
  • the peripheral surface of the cylindrical water container is a curved surface rather than a flat surface, so that the cylindrical water containers cannot be stacked up easily on their peripheral surfaces.
  • a connecting disk is additionally used, whose height is designed to allow the outlet pipe to be inserted into the connecting disk, so that two cylindrical water containers can be vertically stacked up via the connecting disk.
  • the connecting disk inevitably occupies more space, which further decreases the spatial utilization efficiency of the cylindrical water container during its package and shipment. As a result, the cost for storing and shipping the cylindrical water containers is increased greatly.
  • the user when the user intends to insert the outlet pipe of the cylindrical water container into the inlet port of the water dispenser, the user can only try to find out the correct insertion position based on his/her experience and instincts because the upward-facing surface of the cylindrical water container is a circular planar surface without any guide sign. If a guide sign is provided on the upward-facing surface of the water container opposite to the outlet pipe, the user would be guided to correctly insert the outlet pipe of the water container into the inlet port of the water dispenser, thereby increasing the convenience in use.
  • the manufacturer of the conventional cylindrical water containers has to periodically recycle the empty containers. After cleaning and sterilizing the inside and outside of the empty containers, these empty containers are refilled with clean drinking water. Finally, after the outlet pipe is sealed, the refilled water containers can be re-used. However, the customers cannot make sure that the manufacturer of the conventional cylindrical water containers has cleaned the empty containers or not. If the water container is a disposable container and no water containers need to be recycled, the customers will have faith in using these disposable water containers.
  • the present invention is to provide a water container for a water dispenser, whose profile allows itself to be stacked up easily with an improved spatial utilization efficiency.
  • the present invention provides a water container for a water dispenser, including:
  • a line connecting the axial center of the outlet pipe and an apex closest to the outlet pipe passes through the gravity center of the container body.
  • the container body has a plurality of outer surfaces, and edges between the adjacent two outer surfaces are formed into a reinforcing rib respectively.
  • the present invention has following advantageous features:
  • a line connecting the axial center of the outlet pipe and the cut-away apex passes through the gravity center of the container body, it can understood that, when the container body is disposed on the water dispenser while the outlet pipe is inserted into the inlet port, the line connecting the outlet pipe and the cut-away apex not only passes through the gravity center of the container body, but also passes through an apex diagonally opposite to the cut-away apex.
  • This apex diagonally opposite to the cut-away apex can be used as a guide sign for guiding the user to correctly dispose the water container onto the water dispenser. More specifically, the user only needs to approximately align the apex diagonally opposite to the cut-away apex with the center of the inlet port so as to insert the outlet pipe into the inlet port correctly.
  • the container body has a plurality of outer surfaces, and edges between the adjacent two outer surfaces are formed into a reinforcing rib respectively.
  • the reinforcing ribs can increase the strength of the whole container body to maintain its polyhedral shape, so that the water container of the present invention can be made as a disposable container without being recycled. In this way, the user needs not to worry about the degree of cleanness of the water containers.
  • the manufacturer in this field can reduce the material cost and production cost greatly because the water containers are made of thin materials. Also, since no water containers have to be recycled, the manufacturer in this field can save the expense of recycling, cleaning, and sterilizing the empty water containers. Therefore, the special structure of the water container of the present invention has convenience in use and practicability for both the customers and manufacturers.
  • the present invention provides a water container for a water dispenser.
  • the top surface of the water dispenser 100 is provided with an inlet port 110.
  • the periphery of the inlet port 110 is provided with a supporting base 120.
  • the water container 1 is disposed on the inlet port 110.
  • the water container 1 of the present invention includes a container body 10 and outlet pipe 20.
  • the container body 10 is made into a polyhedral body.
  • the interior of the container body 10 has an accommodating space S for storing water therein.
  • the profile of the container body 10 is substantially formed into a hexahedron and has eight apexes 11 and 12 (only seven apexes are shown in FIG. 4 ).
  • One apex 11 of the eight apexes (the upper-left apex in FIG. 4 ) is cut away to form an inclined facet on the container body 10.
  • the outlet pipe 20 protrudes from the inclined facet 13 and is in communication with the accommodating space S. It can be seen from FIG. 4 that, the length of the outlet pipe 20 protruding from the inclined facet 13 is smaller than or equal to the distance between the inclined facet 13 and the cut-away apex 11, so that the outlet pipe 20 can be seemed retracted between the cut-away apex 11 and the inclined facet 13. Further, it can be seen from the line 3-3 of FIG. 2 that, a line connecting the axial center of the outlet pipe 20 and the cut-away apex 11 passes through the gravity center G of the container body 10 and also extends through the other apex 12 (i.e. the lower-right apex in FIG. 4 ) diagonally opposite to the cut-away apex 11.
  • a pipe end of the outlet pipe 20 away from the inclined facet 13 is covered with an anti-spill cap 21.
  • the center of the anti-spill cap 21 is provided with a through-hole 211.
  • the interior of the through-hole 211 is provided with a movable plug 22 for preventing the water inside the water container 1 from leaking to the outside before the water container 1 is disposed on the water dispenser 100.
  • the container body 10 in addition to the inclined facet 13, also has a plurality of outer surfaces 14, 15 and 16.
  • the edges between any two of the outer surfaces 14, 15, 16 as well as the edges between the inclined surface 13 and any one of the outer surfaces 14, 15, 16 are chamfered to form a reinforcing rib 1314, 1315, 1415, 1416, 1516 respectively each having a greater strength.
  • these reinforcing ribs 1314, 1315, 1415, 1416, 1516 can still maintain the polyhedral shape when the container body 10 is filled with water. In this way, the manufacturer can use thin plastic materials to produce the water container 1, thereby reducing the material cost and the production cost.
  • the container body 10 is made of thin plastic materials, the user can press flat the empty container body 10 to form a recyclable garbage.
  • the manufacturer in this field needs not to recycle the empty water containers 1 and the subsequent cleaning, sterilizing and water-refilling steps are omitted, so that the expense of recycling and sterilizing the empty water containers can be saved for the manufacturers.
  • the customers need not worry whether the reused water containers 1 are well-sterilized or not, and thus they can have more faith in using such disposable water containers 1.
  • FIGS. 5 to 8 showing the water container 1' of second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the structure of the second embodiment is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment, and thus the same description thereof is omitted for simplicity.
  • the difference between the second embodiment and the first embodiment lies in that: the original edges of the polyhedral container body between any two adjacent surfaces are cut away to from a rectangular faucet 17', 18' and 19' respectively. All remaining apexes are also cut away to form a triangular faucet a' and b' respectively. All the edges between any two adjacent surfaces are chamfered to form a reinforcing rib respectively (not numbered in the drawings).
  • the whole structural strength of the second embodiment is greater than that of the first embodiment, thereby allowing the water container 1' to be made of thinner materials while maintaining its polyhedral shape.
  • the container body 10' of the second embodiment has more facets than the first embodiment, the whole profile of the second embodiment looks like a polyhedral crystal, which has a better external appearance and an improved practicability.
  • FIGS. 9 to 11 showing the operation of the present invention.
  • the axial line of the outlet pipe 20' not only passes through the gravity center G of the container body 10', but also passes through the apex diagonally opposite to the cut-away apex.
  • this apex diagonally opposite to the cut-away apex is located at the topmost end of the whole container body.
  • the inlet port 110 is formed with a trough for allowing the outlet pipe 20' to be inserted therein.
  • An abutting rod 111 protrudes from the inner bottom of the trough for inserting into a through-hole 211' of an anti-spill cap 21' of the outlet pipe 20' to thereby push away a movable plug (not shown).
  • the peripheral surface of the abutting rod 111 is provided with two through-holes 111 for allowing the water in the outlet pipe 20' to flow into the abutting rod 111 and then into the interior of the water dispenser 100.
  • the rectangular parallelepiped water container would have a side length of 22 cm and a height of 26 cm.
  • the volume of the external package box necessary for the water container of the present invention is smaller than that of the conventional cylindrical water container or that of conventional rectangular parallelepiped water container.
  • the present invention really reduces the cost for package and shipment greatly.

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JP2015120526A (ja) * 2013-12-20 2015-07-02 ジェイウォーター株式会社 アタッチメント
WO2016041609A1 (de) * 2014-09-17 2016-03-24 Dr. Ing. W. Frohn Gmbh & Co. Kg Extrusionsgeblasener kunststoffkanister
USD971025S1 (en) * 2019-05-14 2022-11-29 Cheryl Glenda Moss Spray bottle

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WO2003070587A1 (fr) * 2002-02-21 2003-08-28 Shao, Wen-Bin Structure de bouchon amelioree pour bouteille d'eau
WO2005075302A1 (en) * 2004-02-04 2005-08-18 Cubis Limited A cubical beverage packaging unit that includes a pouring orifice
WO2007108758A1 (en) * 2006-03-17 2007-09-27 Cubis Limited Beverage packaging unit

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US5106015A (en) * 1991-07-15 1992-04-21 American Colloid Company Container
US6039219A (en) * 1998-01-20 2000-03-21 Bach; Lanae E. Liquid dispensing system for a refrigerator
WO2003070587A1 (fr) * 2002-02-21 2003-08-28 Shao, Wen-Bin Structure de bouchon amelioree pour bouteille d'eau
WO2005075302A1 (en) * 2004-02-04 2005-08-18 Cubis Limited A cubical beverage packaging unit that includes a pouring orifice
WO2007108758A1 (en) * 2006-03-17 2007-09-27 Cubis Limited Beverage packaging unit

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JP2015120526A (ja) * 2013-12-20 2015-07-02 ジェイウォーター株式会社 アタッチメント
WO2016041609A1 (de) * 2014-09-17 2016-03-24 Dr. Ing. W. Frohn Gmbh & Co. Kg Extrusionsgeblasener kunststoffkanister
USD971025S1 (en) * 2019-05-14 2022-11-29 Cheryl Glenda Moss Spray bottle

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