EP3169600A1

EP3169600A1 - Closure cap for attachment to a liquid container

Info

Publication number: EP3169600A1
Application number: EP14741606.9A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Shahriar MORADI
Original assignee: Moradi Consulting GmbH
Current assignee: Moradi Consulting GmbH
Priority date: 2014-07-18
Filing date: 2014-07-18
Publication date: 2017-05-24
Anticipated expiration: 2034-07-18
Also published as: CN106536370B; CN106536370A; EP3169600B1; JP6396511B2; KR20170047211A; RU2661595C1; CA2953814C; BR112016029153A2; AU2014397171A1; PL3169600T3; ES2659533T3; CA2953814A1; MX2016017144A; US20160167852A1; IL249790A0; WO2015188893A1; BR112016029153B1; JP2017524606A; AU2014397171B2; US9701453B2

Abstract

The invention relates to a closure cap for attachment to a liquid container, said closure cap having a pouring opening (11) and a receiving element (8), which defines together with the closure cap a common receiving volume for receiving at least one dispensable product, and the closure cap being openable, thereby forming an access (2) to the receiving volume so that the at least one dispensable product can be introduced into the receiving volume, the receiving element (8) being permeable to a liquid so as to allow contact of the at least one dispensable product with the liquid. At least one closure element (1) is provided and is connected to the closure cap, the access (2) being closable by means of said closure element in a liquid-tight manner. In order to prevent liquid from entering the receiving volume when the container is not being drunk from, a mouthpiece (7), which is in the form of a hollow body, is arranged in the pouring opening and closes the receiving element (8) in a liquid-tight manner in the closed position and opens the receiving element (8) in an open position, such that liquid can flow through the receiving element (8), the receiving volume (20) and the mouthpiece (7).

Description

Cap for attachment to a liquid container

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a cap, preferably screw cap, for attachment to a liquid container, preferably bottle, especially

preferably PET bottle, the cap a

Spout opening, preferably resealable

A spout opening, and a receiving element which forms with the cap a common receiving volume for receiving at least one dispensing body, for example at least one tablet, and the cap is apparent, thereby forming an access to the receiving volume to bring the at least one dispensing body in the receiving volume or to be able to remove from the receiving volume, wherein the receiving element for a liquid

is permeable to allow contacting of the at least one dispensing body with the liquid, wherein a sealing element connected to the closure cap

is provided, through which the access can be closed liquid-tight or can be released.

PRIOR ART Drinking bottles, in particular drinking bottles with a closure cap, are known in order to be able to drink liquids while traveling or during sports. The bottles usually have threads on which the caps are screwed. The threads are standardized and the number of differently standardized thread of these bottles is low. On the one hand These bottles can be pre-filled, for example with mineral water, which may also be mixed with flavorings, or with an isotonic beverage. On the other hand, they can be bottles which are intended to contain a liquid mixed by the user as desired. For this case, in addition to fruit juice syrups, for example, showerheads in powder or tablet form are available.

A disadvantage in both cases that the user on the concrete beverage mixture for the entire Aufbrauchsdauer the drink, ie between the beginning and end of the

Beverage consumption, is fixed. That he can no longer change the flavor during beverage consumption, since the liquid still present in the bottle has only the flavor once selected.

But not only the taste desire can change between the beginning and end of beverage consumption. For example, if the user has opted for a non-isotonic beverage, and after a certain period of time in which he wishes to drink e.g. Sport has an isotonic drink, so this is also no longer possible with the liquid still present in the bottle.

An incomplete dissolution of conventional effervescent powder can with a not optimally selected dosage, in particular with too high a concentration of the powder or

Effervescent tablets are related. The correct dosage

However, it is not always easy to adhere to, since, strictly speaking, when mixing the powder or the tablet with the liquid (normally water), the amount of liquid actually present must be taken into account.

These disadvantages can at least partially according to the

US2010 / 0012193A1 be remedied. This describes one Liquid container with cap, which is made in three parts; a tablet container, a container lid and a cap closure. For inserting a

Tablet in the tablet container, the container lid must be unscrewed and then screwed again. The disadvantage is the fact that the container lid can fall down or get lost.

In PCT / EP2013 / 071276, a cap,

preferably a screw cap, shown for

Attachment to a liquid container, preferably a bottle, particularly preferably a PET bottle, wherein the closure cap has a pouring opening, preferably

reclosable spout opening, and a receiving element comprises, which forms a common receiving volume with the closure cap for receiving at least one

Dispensing body and the cap is apparently, which forms an access to the receiving volume to the

at least one dispensing body in the receiving volume

to be able to bring in or remove from the receiving volume, wherein the receiving element is permeable to a liquid to allow a contacting of the at least one dispensing body with the liquid. In this case, a closure element connected to the closure element is provided, through which the access can be closed in a liquid-tight manner or can be released. As a result, an admixture of flavors and / or nutrients and / or dietary supplements and / or medicinal agents to a in the

Liquid container admitted liquid while avoiding the disadvantages described above. It can be provided for each of the few different standardized thread types, a cap, so with a few

Caps used any number of types of bottles can be. When inserting a dispensing body is no part of the cap or the cap itself lost or falls off. The cap is characterized by a simple handling, the easy change of flavors and / or nutrients and / or

Dietary supplements allowed. Partially resolved

Dispensing body can be removed again from the bottle with cap. Dosing problems, in particular too high concentrations of flavors and / or nutrients and / or dietary supplements in the liquid are avoided.

Since the cap shown in PCT / EP2013 / 071276 has a receiving volume, which - when the cap is mounted on the liquid container - for

Liquid container, as to a bottle, is open, it can happen that with a lying bottle of liquid from the bottle in the receiving volume penetrates and the

Dissolves the receiving body.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a closure cap for liquid containers, which prevents the ingress of liquid into the receiving volume when no drinking takes place.

PRESENTATION OF THE INVENTION

This object is achieved by a closure cap,

preferably screw cap, for attachment to a liquid container, preferably bottle, especially

preferably PET bottle, the cap a Spout opening, preferably resealable

Spout opening, and a receiving element which forms with the closure cap a common receiving volume for receiving at least one dispensing body, e.g. at least one tablet, and the cap is apparent, which forms an access to the receiving volume to the

at least one dispensing body in the receiving volume

to be able to bring in or remove from the receiving volume, wherein the receiving element for a liquid

is provided, through which the access can be closed liquid-tight or can be released. It is inventively provided that in the spout opening designed as a hollow body mouthpiece is arranged, which in a closed position

Closes receiving element liquid-tight, so that no liquid can flow through the receiving element in the receiving volume, and in an open position the

Receiving element opens, allowing fluid through the

Receiving element, the receiving volume and the mouthpiece (out of the mouthpiece) can flow.

The mouthpiece thus serves on the one hand in the open

Position of removal of liquid from the cap, on the other hand it serves in the closed position to the receiving volume and a therein

liquid-soluble dispensing body relative to the

Seal liquid container to which the cap is attached.

The cap is preferably a screw cap which fits all standard water bottles, or can be used with a few different ones Caps the few differently standardized

Serve bottle thread types. The cap is provided with a mouthpiece, the spout of the

Cap closes and from a closed position or closed position to a release position or open position, preferably by moving the

Mouthpiece, can be transferred.

It has been found that the closure element is a simple and quick way to one

Place the receiving body in the receiving volume or remove it. The connection guarantees that

Closing element can not fall off unintentionally. The user therefore does not have to worry about where he places the closure element while the closure cap is open, and also the unpleasant situation that the

Closure element falls to the ground and thereby gets dirty, can thus be prevented. The closure element can be embodied, for example, as the upper part of the closure cap, which is simply folded away or as a door, which is opened laterally. The different

Design options have in common that they provide easy and quick access to the receiving volume and thus the dispensing body quickly and easily

can be changed, introduced or removed.

The opening and especially closing of the closure element are simple, fast and possible without focusing on the process.

It can be provided that the mouthpiece on the side which is directed to the receiving element (in particular in the

Area where the mouthpiece engages in the receiving element) is closed, so that in the closed state of the

No liquid through the receiving element into the mouthpiece Mouthpiece can reach, and in another section, with which it protrudes into the receiving volume, at least one opening through which liquid can flow from the receiving volume into the mouthpiece.

In the closed position, therefore, no liquid can pass through the liquid container via the mouthpiece and through the closure cap. In the closed position, therefore, the safe storage of the liquid in the

Liquid container with inventive cap allows, even if it is transported or carried along by the user during sports, without the dispensing body with

Liquid from the liquid container comes into contact. Only in the open position can over the mouthpiece

Liquid through the receiving volume and the cap occur, thereby first the dispensing body (further) dissolved and the user is allowed to drink.

In one embodiment variant, the mouthpiece can be displaceable relative to the receiving element along a sliding axis. The sliding axis can parallel to the longitudinal axis of the

Be the cap or the liquid container (the bottle).

In the receiving volume, a baffle may be provided which surrounds the mouthpiece at least partially and which is closer to the receiving element than an opening of the mouthpiece through which liquid from the receiving volume can enter the mouthpiece when the mouthpiece is in the open position.

This ensures that a liquid flowing from the liquid container into the closure cap, does not flow directly to the mouth of the mouthpiece and possibly does not even flow around the dispensing body located in the receiving volume. The liquid must be around the baffle plate flow and thus at least take a further path through the receiving volume to get back to the mouthpiece and will also wash around the dispensing body and at least partially dissolve. The deflection plate can be arranged, for example, perpendicular to the sliding axis of the mouthpiece. The baffle plate can be executed in the simplest case as a flat plate. In principle, it can project as far as desired into the receiving volume. The dispenser body could be on the

Baffle come to rest. The dispensing body could also be adapted to the shape of the baffle, as well as he will usually be adapted to the shape of the receiving volume.

In order to place as little as possible into the receiving volume and thereby take away as little space as possible from the dispensing body, it may be provided that the mouthpiece is located at the edge of the dispenser

Recording volume is arranged. For example, the mouthpiece could be moved directly to the lateral surface of the closure cap. Basically, the mouthpiece but can be positioned anywhere, such as in the middle of the cap.

The receiving element is preferably as a flat surface

executed. This represents a particularly simple and thus inexpensive embodiment variant.

As a rule, the receiving element is located entirely in a volume formed by the closure cap. This means that volume that on the one hand by the

Cap is limited and on the other hand by an imaginary surface, in turn, from an edge of the

Cap is limited. This imaginary surface is actually free of material to connect the cap with the liquid container, preferably to be able to screw. This means that in this case a contact the cap takes place only when the bottle is turned, as the user performs while drinking.

In a further embodiment variant of the closure cap according to the invention, the closure element can be pivoted. It turned out that the swiveling

Closure element is a simple and quick way to place a dispensing body in the receiving volume or to remove it. It is understood by pivoting that the closure element (a part of which, because the closure element remains indeed connected to the cap) detached from the cap and at least partially removed so far that the resulting opening releases access to the receiving volume to a Dispensing body in the receiving volume into or out of this issue. Pivoting therefore means that the closure element from the access occlusive

Position can be deflected, for example, a

Contribute dispensing body without doing that

Closing element can fall off, and then simply put back into the access closing position.

In a further embodiment variant of the closure cap according to the invention, the closure element is connected by means of a hinge-like connecting element. In this case, the hinge-like connecting element, a thin web or one or more fixed hinges or a flexible

Plastic piece or otherwise be a suitable element. For example, a hinge does not just allow one

simply opening the access to the receiving volume, but provides when closing a guide that allows the user not to the process of closing

To concentrate because the movement is guided by the hinges and only the external force sufficient to close the access properly. The user must thus not pay attention to how he closes the access or that he puts the closure element in a certain way on the other part of the cap.

In an embodiment of the invention

Cap is the closure element as part of

Cloak surface of the cap performed, it closes the access in the operating position. It can do that

Closing element as a flap, which is laterally or upwardly or downwardly hinged executed. This represents a simple and elegant solution, since in the closed state of the closure element this an unwanted

Prevents leakage at the location of the closure element and in the open state provides access to the receiving volume to quickly and easily place a dispensing body can, with an unintentional opening by certain

Situations is prevented.

The force required for this purpose is preferably calculated so that, for example, by friction of other objects on the cap in a pocket, the mouthpiece not

unintentionally opened. This fact, however, entails that upwardly opening closure elements can be unintentionally opened upwards by this powerful pull on the mouthpiece, which is prevented in the embodiment variant of the closure element as part of the jacket surface.

In a further embodiment of the closure cap according to the invention, the closure cap comprises two parts, wherein the first part of the thread for attachment to a

Liquid container includes and the second part of the

Spout opening, and the second part forms the closure element. Due to the two-part design, it is particularly easy to a dispensing body on the receiving element

place. It is possible that the transition from the first Part on the second part a horizontal division of

Represents cap. In a particularly simple

Embodiment of the cap is the

Cap in the region of the transition made cylindrical. This represents a simple and therefore too

inexpensive variant is.

A particularly simple and comfortable filling of the

Recording volume can be realized by the

Cap on to access and take-up volume

corresponding withdrawable storage element for the dispensing body comprises, which storage element can be introduced through the open access in the receiving volume and placed on the receiving element. That to

Filling the receiving volume, the storage element is pulled out of the open access, at least one dispensing body is placed in the storage element, and the

Storage element is then pushed back into the receiving volume via the open access. An advantage of this embodiment is also that, for example

Dispensing body, which have already partially dissolved in the receiving volume, can be easily removed.

In a further embodiment variant of the closure cap according to the invention, the second part comprises on its lateral surface a local deformation pointing inward in the radial direction of the closure cap, whereby in the operating position a pressure from the local deformation is exerted on the first part and the two parts are braced against each other.

In this case, the deformation in the radial direction of

cylindrical receiving volume inside. This prevents, for example, with caps with

Mouthpiece, which release the opening on the mouthpiece for drinking by a strong pull on the mouthpiece, while not the closure part is inadvertently mitgeöffnet. However, the preferred embodiment of the closure element is that it is designed as a slide which is displaceable along the lateral surface of the closure cap. The slider can, for example, in the direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cap or normal to the longitudinal axis in

Be circumferential direction of the cap displaced. The slide can essentially correspond to a rectangular cutout from the lateral surface of the closure cap.

In the embodiment of the closure element as a slide can be provided that the slide is displaceable using a rail relative to the cap. Thus, one or more profile rails may be provided in the slide on opposite sides (for example at or near longitudinal edges or transverse edges) per side, which rails run parallel to one another and are guided in depressions of the closure cap with a corresponding profile. Or it can be reversed provided that the cap outside of the

Access has at least two mutually parallel rails, which in corresponding wells of

Lock element engage. The profile of the profile rail in both cases has e.g. a taper, so that the rail normal to its longitudinal extent can not be pulled out of the recess.

Particularly preferred is a closure cap, where the slider surrounds the entire circumference of the closure cap. This has the advantage that the slider by its closed shape has a tension against deformations, which allow a good seal of access to the receiving volume. Such a slide can, for example, as a cylinder jacket

be educated. A slider which surrounds the entire circumference of the closure cap can not only be used with closure caps with the mouthpiece according to the invention, but could also be used instead of the slider shown in FIGS. 18-23 PCT / EP2013 / 071276 which surrounds only part of the circumference of the cap.

When in the closed state, the slide can engage in sealing edges of the closure cap, which run normal to the sliding axis of the slide. The slider can be made of elastic

Material be made so that the slider over the

Sealing edges is pushed, but after snapping on the

Sealing edges closes the access liquid-tight.

The sliding axis of the slider and the sliding axis of the slider

Mouthpieces can run parallel, they could even be identical.

As an alternative embodiment of the closure element as a slide can be provided that the closure element by means of thread with a base part of the closure cap is screwed, which allows a particularly liquid-tight closing of the access of the closure cap. For this purpose, for example, the closure element and the base part with each other

corresponding thread on. Thus, for example, the base part on its outer side have a thread, while the closure element has on its inside a matching thread. It could of course be the other way around too

Base part on its inside have a thread, while the closure member carries on its outside the thread.

The closure element may in this embodiment

be cap-shaped, so that a substantially

Two-piece cap results, with a -.

cylindrical base part which can be connected to a liquid container and the closure element which closes the closure cap.

In this case, the closure element having the spout opening with the mouthpiece, while the base part of the receiving element having. The base part may also be a thread for screwing the cap with a

Have liquid container.

For easy handling and optimal

Dosing option when using the inventive

To ensure cap is a dispensing body, for example in the form of a tablet, for inclusion in a

Recording volume provided a closure cap according to the invention.

To ensure that the dispenser body in one

Recording volume can be recorded should the

Dispensing body have a dispensing body volume that is not greater than the receiving volume.

In order to be able to produce a beverage on contact with liquid or flavors and / or nutrients and / or

Release dietary supplements and / or medical agents and thus to be able to add to the liquid, the dispensing body, at least one water-soluble element for producing a beverage and / or release of a flavor and / or nutrient and / or a

Dietary supplement and / or a medical

Have active substance. Nutrients include carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins. Become a variety of

Carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins released, this is the production of an isotonic drink possible.

If at least one dispensing body is arranged in the receiving volume, it is flowed around by the liquid when drinking and can deliver substances or substances, in particular flavorings and / or nutrients and / or dietary supplements and / or medicinal agents, to the liquid. That is, it comes to a mixture with the liquid immediately before the user actually drinks the mixture. Too high Concentration of the desired substances in the liquid can thus be avoided in principle.

It should be noted that when the bottle is deposited after drinking, in general, some of the liquid will flow back from the receiving volume into the bottle. In this case, a certain proportion of the above-mentioned substances or substances in the remaining liquid in the bottle can be converted, which in the design of the dispensing body and its discharge characteristics to

take into account.

To a spatially stable arrangement of water-soluble

To guarantee elements that additionally contributes to the fact that no water-soluble elements can pass through through-openings of the closure cap, these can e.g. be arranged in a sponge, which at least partially fills the dispensing body volume. Thus, the dispensing body may comprise a sponge, preferably a plastic sponge. This plastic sponge could be designed so that the

Liquid can easily reach the water-soluble elements, which can be achieved for example by a sponge fabric of coarsely intertwined fibers.

In order to further improve the handling, the dispensing body may comprise a liquid-permeable net-like fabric, in particular gauze, which surrounds the dispensing body in one

Holding dispensing body mold that fits into a receiving volume. The thus stabilized dispensing body mold allows

in particular a simple and convenient replacement of the

Dispensing body even after drinking, after the

water-soluble elements have already been completely or at least partially dissolved. A particularly good stabilization of the Abgabekörperform at the same time ease of manufacture can be achieved by arranging the net-like fabric on a discharge body outside.

To largely natural substances for the

Beverage preparation to use, it may be in the

at least one water-soluble element around an im

Abgabekörpervolumen arranged ball act whose

Surface is formed by a water-soluble layer and the interior of which is filled with a substance, such as syrup or tea, which contains a flavoring and / or nutrient and / or a dietary supplement and / or a medicinal agent. The water-soluble layer is formed here, for example, from a water-soluble glaze, in particular icing, which contributes to the avoidance of chemicals.

The time course of the delivery of the substances, in particular the flavorings and / or nutrients and / or

Dietary supplements and / or medicinal agents may be different through multiple balls

Glaze layer thicknesses can be realized. Those spheres with the thinnest glaze layer thicknesses are the first to release the substances, while spheres with thicker glaze layer thicknesses still do not release any substances. Only at a later date, if, for example, the substances of those balls with

originally thin glaze layer thickness are used up, set the balls originally thicker glaze layer thickness, the substances stored in them.

This may be, for example, the same substances as before, so that a temporally consistent

Concentration of these substances in the liquid is achieved. But there may also be different substances in the balls, so for example, a fruit-flavored drink is first provided and a later an isotonic drink. athletes

allows this when carrying a single

Liquid container over time different

Be able to drink drinks, which also contains an isotonic drink.

Finally, the closure cap according to the invention and the liquid container are to be regarded as a system which permits the simple production of beverages or the admixture of beverages

Flavorings and / or nutrients and / or

Dietary supplements and / or medicinal agents to a liquid allows.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

The invention will now be explained in more detail with reference to exemplary embodiments. The drawings are exemplary and are intended to set forth the inventive idea, but under no circumstances

narrow down or even finish playing.

Showing:

Fig. 1 is an axonometric view of an inventive

Cap with open closure element designed as a slide (open access)

2 is a plan view of the closure cap of FIG. 1

Fig. 3 is an axonometric view of the cap

Fig. 1 with closed closure element

(closed access)

4 shows a side view of the closure cap from FIG. 1 with opened closure element (opened access)

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the cap of FIG. 1 according to section line AA in Fig. 2 with open Closure element (open access) and opened mouthpiece

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of FIG. 5 with closed

Closure element (closed access) and closed mouthpiece

Fig. 7 is a sectional view of FIG. 5 or 6 with

closed closure element (closed access) and opened mouthpiece

Fig. 8 shows the detail B of Fig. 5 comprising the sealing edge

Fig. 9 is an axonometric view of an inventive

Locking cap with screw-on locking element (closed access)

10 is a sectional view of the closure cap of FIG. 9th

according to section line A-A in Fig. 12 with opened

mouthpiece

11 is a sectional view of the closure cap of FIG. 9th

according to section line A-A in Fig. 12 with a closed mouthpiece

12 is a plan view of the closure cap of FIG. 9th

WAYS FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Fig. 1 shows a cap with open

Closure element 1 (open access 2), namely a

Slide. The slider 1 is along the lateral surface 3 of

Sliding cap, namely from the illustrated open position down to the open position. It is designed as an annular element, more precisely, essentially as a cylinder jacket, and thus encloses the entire closure cap. He is at least so elastic that it is pushed over the sealing edges 4, but after snapping on the Sealing edges 4 the access 2 closes liquid-tight.

Due to the elasticity and the annular configuration, the slider 1 on a bias against radial deformation, which allows the liquid-tight closing of the access 2. In Fig. 1, only the lower sealing edge 4 can be seen, which is normal to the longitudinal axis 5 in the circumferential direction of the lateral surface 3 at the edge of the access 2. The upper

Sealing edge 4, which is also normal to the longitudinal axis 5 in

Circumferential direction of the lateral surface 3 extends at the edge of the access 2 is hidden by the slider 1.

For guiding the slide 1 in the direction of the sliding axis, which runs parallel to the longitudinal axis 5 of the closure cap, profile rails 6 are provided on the inside of the slide 1, which interact with counterparts (not shown) on the outside of the lateral surface 3 of the closure cap. The profile rails are therefore parallel to the longitudinal axis. 5

educated .

The closure cap 1 is provided with a mouthpiece 7, which is shown in Fig. 1 in the open position. In this position, the cap for a liquid that is contained in a bottle to which the cap is attached with its underside is permeable to allow the user to drink from the bottle. By moving the mouthpiece 7 parallel to the longitudinal axis 5 down the mouthpiece 7 can be brought from the open to a closed position, see Fig. 6. The receiving element 8, which is formed here as a flat, liquid-tight surface, has an opening 9, which can be closed by the bottom of the mouthpiece 7, so that no liquid can pass through the receiving element 8 in the receiving volume 20 (see Fig. 6).

The receiving element 8 contacts the inner wall of the closure cap at least in all points of a circular path. A dispensing body (eg, a tablet) may be placed on the receiving element 8. The closure cap has an access 2 in order to be able to introduce the at least one dispensing body into the receiving volume 20 or to be able to remove it from the receiving volume 20.

So that flowing liquid from a bottle does not pass directly through the opening 9 in the mouthpiece 7, a baffle 14 is provided which surrounds the mouthpiece 7 at least partially, so that liquid entering through the opening 9, this baffle plate 14 must flow and thus at least by the receiving volume 20, where the dispensing body is located. Here, the baffle plate 14 extends approximately to the middle (to the longitudinal axis 5) of the cap and ends in a straight edge 16, which corresponds to the diameter of

Recording volume 20 corresponds.

The baffle 14 is normal here on the mouthpiece

executed. It is flat and impermeable to fluid. However, it would also be conceivable to provide the deflection plate 14 partially with openings, so that part of the liquid also flows through the deflection plate 14. This will be particularly useful when the baffle 14 covers a major part of the cross section (normal to the longitudinal axis 5) of the cap or the receiving volume 20, because then that part of a dispensing body, on the baffle 14th

rests, can be applied directly from below with liquid.

The slider 1 has a surface structure, here in the form of raised rings 12, the slider 1 better

to be able to press.

In Fig. 2 it can be seen that the mouthpiece 7 is arranged completely at the edge of the closure cap. This results in the largest possible contiguous recording volume for one

Delivery body. In principle, the mouthpiece 7 but could Also located at a different location, eg closer to the longitudinal axis 5, in particular it could be concentric with the longitudinal axis 5.

In Fig. 3, both the slider 1 in the closed

Position and thus closes the access 2, as well as the mouthpiece 7.

Fig. 4 shows a side view of the closure cap of FIG. 1 with open slide 1. The mouthpiece 7 are two

Side openings 15 can be seen, through which liquid from the receiving volume 20 enters the mouthpiece 7. In general, these openings 15 should be as far away from the edge 16 of the baffle plate 14, so that the liquid flows through as much of the receiving volume before entering the

Mouthpiece 7 enters. Visible is also the guide 17 in the lower region of the mouthpiece 7, which can be made in one piece with the baffle plate 14, see Fig. 5-7.

Fig. 5 shows a sectional view of the closure cap of Fig. 1 along section line AA in Fig. 2 with opened slide 1 and opened mouthpiece 7. The cap is at its lower end, between the edge 18 of the cap and the receiving element 8, with a thread 13, with which it can be screwed onto a bottle.

The sliding axis of the slide 1 and the sliding axis of the mouthpiece 7 run parallel to one another and parallel to the longitudinal axis 5 of the closure cap, see FIG. 1.

The receiving volume 20 (see also Fig. 6) has in

Essentially a cylindrical shape. It is formed by the receiving element 8, by the jacket of the closure cap (from which the lateral surface 3 is drawn), by the slider 1 and by a top surface 10, which

liquid-tight with the jacket of the cap is connected. The top surface 10 is up to the spout opening 11 liquid-tight. The top surface 10 is here as a plane

Executed layer and also forms a - here substantially cylindrical - guide 19, which the

Mouthpiece 7 surrounds in its upper area.

In this case, the receiving element 8 is located on the thread 13 facing side of the cap, while the top surface 10 is located on the mouthpiece 7 facing side of the cap.

In order to prevent the slide 1 from being pushed upwards, an extension could be provided on the underside of the slide 1

be provided, which is held on reaching the top (open position) of the slider 1 by a corresponding element of the cap.

The mouthpiece 7 is essentially a hollow cylinder

formed, which is closed down - to the receiving element 8 - but closed so that in the longitudinal direction of

Cap no liquid can enter directly into the interior of the mouthpiece 7, regardless of whether the mouthpiece is in the open or in the closed position. The underside of the mouthpiece 7 is also designed so that it closes in the closed position the - here only - opening 9 in the receiving element. The bottom of the mouthpiece

7 in this embodiment has a smaller diameter than the remaining mouthpiece. In the open position of the mouthpiece 7 of FIG. 5, the lower end of the mouthpiece 7 is at the same height as the underside of the

Baffle 14.

The state shown in Fig. 5 is then set when a new dispensing body through the access 2 on the receiving element

8 laid or a (partially) used to be taken from there. Fig. 6 shows the same sectional view as Fig. 5, but is located in Fig. 6, both the mouthpiece 7 in the

closed position as well as the slider 1. This state of the cap is set when the bottle to which the cap is attached, is transported and no liquid is to get to the receiving body 20 located in the dispensing body.

Fig. 7 shows the same sectional view as Fig. 5, but in Fig. 7, the mouthpiece 7 in the open position, while the slider 1 is closed. This

Condition of the cap is set when drunk from the bottle to which the cap is attached. In this case, the liquid would then emerge at the top from the drinking opening 22 of the mouthpiece 7.

FIG. 8 shows the detail B from FIG. 5, namely the formation of the lower sealing edge 4. The sealing edge 4 shown here projects firstly radially beyond the adjoining lateral surface 3, projects secondly beyond the upper side of the receiving element 8 and thirdly has a depression 21 opposite to the inside upper side of the receiving element 8. The upper sealing edge 4 may be formed in an analogous manner, but then protrudes beyond the underside of the top surface 10. In the closed state, the slider 1 engages the two sealing edges 4, which extend normal to the sliding axis of the slider 1. The slider 1 may have corresponding recesses into which the sealing edges 4 engage.

The jacket of the cap (with its lateral surface 3), the receiving element 8, the cover plate 10 and the baffle plate 14 are integrally formed in the embodiment shown here, such as plastic, and can by means of

Injection molding are produced.

In principle, it would be possible in the embodiment shown that the dispensing body is not directly through the access 2 in the receiving volume 20 is inserted, but in a removable (eg, removable, similar to a loading)

Storage element is inserted, which can be introduced through the access 12 in the receiving volume 20 and also removed therefrom. The storage element would come to lie on the receiving element 8. The

Of course, the storage element would have to be liquid-permeable, e.g. at least partially have a grid-like structure.

Basically, of course, it would be possible for everyone in the

PCT / EP2013 / 071276 modified so that the subject mouthpiece can be used. In particular, the receiving elements are likely to be permeable only to liquid where the inventive

Mouthpiece can seal the receiving element. In addition, if appropriate, the cover surfaces according to the invention would have to take the place of the retaining elements.

FIGS. 9-12 show an alternative embodiment of the invention

Closure element 23 which by means of a threaded

Base part 24 of the closure cap can be screwed. For this purpose, the closure element 23 on its inner side a thread 26, while the base part 24 has on its outer side a thread 27 for the closure element 23. The

Closure member 23 is cap-shaped in that it is integrally formed as a cylinder jacket with top surface 10 and a spout opening 11 in the top surface 10, while the base member 24 has the shape of a cylinder jacket. The base part 24 can be screwed via the thread 13 with a liquid container.

The closure element 23 carries in the spout opening 11, the mouthpiece 7, while the base part 24, the receiving element. 8 contains, here in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the closure cap between thread 13 and thread 27th

On the closure element 23, a cover 25 is connected via a web, with which the mouthpiece 7, as far as it is in

closed state protrudes out of the closure element 23 to the outside, can be covered. The lid 25 can in

closed state a steady continuation of

Form lateral surface 3, ie to the outer surface of the

Connect closure element 23. The outer surface of the

Closure element 23 is continuous in the outer surface of the

Base part 24 on, so closure element 23 and base member 24 have the same outer diameter at the contact point.

The mouthpiece 7 is in Fig. 10 in the open position

is shown. In this position, the cap for a liquid that is contained in a bottle to which the cap is attached with its underside is permeable to allow the user to drink from the bottle. By moving the mouthpiece 7 parallel to the longitudinal axis 5 down the mouthpiece 7 of the

The receiving element 8, which is here designed as a flat, liquid-tight surface, has an opening 9, which through the underside of the mouthpiece. 7

can be closed so that no liquid can pass through the receiving element 8 in the receiving volume 20.

The receiving element 8 contacts the inner wall of the closure cap at least in all points of a circular path. A delivery body (eg a tablet) may be placed on the

Receiving element 8 are placed. The closure cap has an access 2 in order to be able to introduce the at least one dispensing body into the receiving volume 20 or to be able to remove it from the receiving volume 20. Access 2 is through the top Opening of the base member 24 is formed, so by the end facing away from the thread 13 end portion of the base member 24, here a

circular opening.

The mouthpiece 7 is arranged centrally here, but it could also, as in FIGS. 1-8, be arranged on the edge of the closure cap. The mouthpiece 7 is otherwise the same as in FIGS. 1-8 provided with two openings 15. However, the guide 17 in the lower region of the mouthpiece 7 in FIGS. 9-12 is made in one piece with the closure element 23. in the

Area of the guide 17, in particular in one piece with the guide 17, could also be provided again a baffle 14. This could be formed annularly and normal to the longitudinal axis 5 following the guide 17.

The receiving volume 20 again has a substantially cylindrical shape. It is formed by the receiving element 8, by the shell of the base part and by the top surface 10, which is part of the one-piece

Closure element 23 is. The top surface 10 is liquid-tight except for the spout opening 11. The top surface 10 is designed here as a flat layer and also forms a - here substantially cylindrical - guide 19, which surrounds the mouthpiece 7 in its upper region.

In the state of the cap in Fig. 10 can be drunk, in the state of the cap in Fig. 11, the cap is sealed liquid-tight.

In order to insert or remove a dispensing body in the closure cap, the closure element 23 must be unscrewed from the base part 24, so that the receiving volume 20 is accessible because of the now missing top surface 10. In this case, the closure cap by means of thread 13 on a

Be screwed liquid container. So that the closure element 23 is not lost when unscrewing from the base part 24, it may additionally be fastened to the base part 24, for example by means of a band.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 closure element (slider)

2 access

3 lateral surface of the cap

4 sealing edge

5 longitudinal axis of the cap

6 rail

7 mouthpiece

8 receiving element

9 opening in the receiving element

10 deck area

11 spout opening

12 ring

13 threads

14 baffle

15 Opening of the mouthpiece 7

16 edge of the baffle 14

17 Guide at the bottom of the mouthpiece

18 edge of the cap

19 guide in the upper region of the mouthpiece 7th

20 recording volumes

21 recess at sealing edge 4

22 mouthpiece mouth 7

23 closure element (can be screwed on)

24 base part of the cap

25 lids

26 thread of the closure element 23rd

27 thread for closure element 23rd

Claims

P A T E N T A N S P R E C H E

Closure cap, preferably screw cap, for attachment to a liquid container, preferably bottle, particularly preferably PET bottle, wherein the

Closure a pour spout (11), preferably a reclosable spout opening, and a

Includes receiving element (8), which with the

Closure a common receiving volume (20) forms for receiving at least one dispensing body and the cap is apparently, whereby an access (2) to the receiving volume (20) is formed in order to bring the at least one dispensing body in the receiving volume (20) or from the Receiving volume (20) to be able to, wherein the receiving element (8) is permeable to a liquid to allow a contact ierung of the at least one dispensing body with the liquid, wherein one connected to the closure cap

Closing element (1, 23) is provided, through which the access (2) can be closed liquid-tight or can be released, characterized

characterized in that in the spout opening (11) designed as a hollow body mouthpiece (7) is arranged, which closes the receiving element (8) liquid-tight in a closed position, so that no liquid can flow through the receiving element (8) in the receiving volume (20) , and in an open position that

Receiving element (8) opens, so that liquid through the receiving element (8), the receiving volume (20) and the mouthpiece (7) can flow.

Closure cap according to claim 1, characterized in that the mouthpiece (7) on the side facing the

Receiving element (8) is directed, is closed, so that in the closed state of the mouthpiece (7) no liquid can pass through the receiving element (8) in the mouthpiece (7), and in another section, with which it projects into the receiving volume (20), at least one opening (15) through which liquid from the receiving volume (20) in the mouthpiece (7) can flow.

Cap according to claim 1 or 2, characterized

characterized in that the mouthpiece (7) relative to

Receiving element (8) along a sliding axis

is displaceable.

Closure cap according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that in the receiving volume (20) has a

Deflection plate (14) is provided, which surrounds the mouthpiece (7) at least partially and which is closer to the receiving element (8) as an opening (15) of the mouthpiece (7), through which liquid from the

Receiving volume (20) can enter the mouthpiece (33) when the mouthpiece (7) is in the open position.

Closure cap according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the mouthpiece (7) at the edge of

Recording volume (20) is arranged.

Closure cap (7) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the receiving element (8) is designed as a flat surface.

Closure cap according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the closure element (1) is designed as part of the lateral surface (3) of the closure cap, wherein in the operating position it has access (2).

closes.

8. Closure cap according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the closure cap for access (2) and the receiving volume (20) corresponding extendable storage element for the dispensing body comprises, which storage element through the access (2) in the receiving volume (20 ) and placed on the

Pickup (8) can be placed.

9. Closure cap according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the closure element (1) as

Slider is formed, which is displaceable along the lateral surface (3) of the closure cap.

10. A closure cap according to claim 9, characterized in that the slide using at least one

Profile rail (6) opposite the cap

is displaceable.

11. A closure cap according to claim 9 or 10, characterized

characterized in that the slider surrounds the entire circumference of the closure cap.

12. A closure cap according to claim 11, characterized in that the slide is designed as a cylinder jacket.

13. Closure cap according to one of claims 9 to 12, characterized in that the slide engages in the closed state in sealing edges (4) of the closure cap, which extend normal to the sliding axis of the slider. 14. Cap according to one of claims 9 to 13, characterized in that the slide is made of elastic material, so that the slide on the sealing edges (4) is slidable, but after locking on the

Sealing edges (4) the access (2) liquid-tight

closes.

5. Closure cap according to one of claims 9 to 14, characterized in that the sliding axis of the slide and the sliding axis of the mouthpiece (33) extend parallel.

6. Closure cap according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the closure element (23) by means of thread with a base part (24) of the closure cap can be screwed.

7. A closure cap according to claim 16, characterized in that the closure element (23) has the spout opening (11) with the mouthpiece (7), while the base part (24) has the receiving element (8).