EP3366167A1 - Couvercle actionnable par lèvres pour un récipient de boisson - Google Patents

Couvercle actionnable par lèvres pour un récipient de boisson Download PDF

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EP3366167A1
EP3366167A1 EP17158170.5A EP17158170A EP3366167A1 EP 3366167 A1 EP3366167 A1 EP 3366167A1 EP 17158170 A EP17158170 A EP 17158170A EP 3366167 A1 EP3366167 A1 EP 3366167A1
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Jürgen Löhn
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Mapa Spontex Deutschland GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G19/00—Table service
    • A47G19/22—Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
    • A47G19/2205—Drinking glasses or vessels
    • A47G19/2266—Means for facilitating drinking, e.g. for infants or invalids
    • A47G19/2272—Means for facilitating drinking, e.g. for infants or invalids from drinking glasses or cups comprising lids or covers

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  • the invention relates to a lip-actuable closure for a drinking bottle, a drinking cup or another drinking container.
  • Drinking containers with lip-actuated closure allow for a safe storage of hot or cold drinks.
  • the closure By selectively pressing the closure by means of the lips, the closure is opened so that liquid from the drinking container can flow into the mouth opening between the lips. If the closure is not actuated, it is closed and prevents leakage of the liquid from the drinking container.
  • the EP 1 123 027 B1 describes a lip-type closure for a drinking container, comprising a base body with an upwardly flared, conical first wall for applying the lower lip, an inner circumferential shoulder with a valve seat at the bottom and further down to the lower end extended internal thread for screwing on has an external thread of the drinking container.
  • a closure body having an upwardly flared conical second wall for applying the upper lip and at the lower end of the conical portion a middle plate of flexible elastomer having a flange on the outer edge.
  • the flange is stiffened by a stiffening element and held on a support in the form of a spoked wheel, which in turn is held on the drinking container or on the base body, so that the flange seals on the valve seat.
  • a stiffening element By compressing the lips resting on the conical walls, the middle plate and the flange are deformed and the sealing engagement of the second sealing surface on the first sealing surface is partially released so that fluid can escape through free spaces between the spokes of the carrier and through a gap between the closure body and the base body.
  • the EP 2 138 075 A1 describes a drinking container with a lip-actuable closure, in which a carrier in the form of a spoked wheel is screwed into the top of the container.
  • the spokes of the spoke wheel are formed as leaf springs with a downwardly extending loop, so that a central hole of the spoke wheel with respect to the drinking container is tilted and returns to relief due to the spring action of the leaf springs back to the starting position.
  • a plate-shaped actuator is inserted with a centrally projecting from the bottom projection into the central hole of the carrier. Below the carrier a plate-shaped sealing element is held on the approach by means of a flexible locking ring.
  • the sealing element seals with its outer edge on a sealing seat at the lower edge of the screwed into the container outer ring of the carrier. If due to a lip actuation, the actuator pivots the sealing element, liquid can flow through a gap between the sealing element and the outer ring of the carrier, open spaces between the spokes of the carrier and a gap between a top fixed to the container housing ring and the actuating element. Also in this lip-actuated closure, the complex construction of carrier, actuator, sealing element, retaining ring and housing ring and the associated assembly, disassembly and cleaning is disadvantageous.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a more user-friendly and safe sealing, lip-actuated closure for a drinking container.
  • the closure according to the invention is by attaching the lower lip at the upper end of the base body and the upper lip at the upper end of the closure body and compressing the upper lip and lower lip of the closure body against the action of the spring element with respect to the body tilted.
  • the second sealing surface partially lifts off from the first sealing surface and a gap is released between the first and second sealing surfaces.
  • liquid can escape through the liquid inlet of the main body, the opening between the first and second sealing surface, the first annular gap, the through channels and the second annular gap between the main body and the closure body.
  • the closure can be realized by means of fewer components with a simple shape. In particular, it is possible to produce the closure body in one piece, including the at least one spring element.
  • a carrier for the closure body can be omitted since it can be held by spring element and washer on the projection. This also simplifies the manufacture, assembly and disassembly and cleaning of the closure. If no lip actuation occurs, the second sealing surface is pressed uniformly and reliably sealingly against the first sealing surface by the spring element. To cancel the seal, the entire annular disc can be tilted, which is not deformed and only the spring element is deformed. As a result, the seal is not affected by repeated opening and deformation of the gasket.
  • the circumferential projection on the inner circumference of the main body is annular disk-shaped. As a result, assembly and disassembly and cleaning of the closure are facilitated.
  • a circumferential circumferential first sealing lip for sealing against the inside of the mouth of a drinking container.
  • the base body below the projection at least one screw thread, element of a bayonet closure, Element of a locking connection or a cylindrical surface for welding or bonding with a drinking container on.
  • the closure can be connected to a drinking container which has a structure complementary to the aforementioned structures, ie at least one complementary screw thread, a bayonet closure element, a latching connection element or a cylindrical surface for welding or bonding to the closure.
  • the main body is integrally formed with a drinking container, so that the main body forms an upper portion of the drinking container.
  • the base body has a first conical wall extended to the upper end above the projection.
  • the first conical wall is advantageous for applying the lips to actuate the closure.
  • the base body has a first cylindrical wall extending from the lower end. This is advantageous for attachment to the drinking container.
  • the passage channels on a plurality of radially extending, circumferentially spaced-apart grooves in the seat surface of the projection This promotes a liquid extraction by applying the lips at arbitrary positions on the circumference of the closure.
  • axially extending grooves along the inner edge of the projection are present. The axially extending grooves facilitate the passage of liquid between the inner edge of the projection and the valve body.
  • the closure body is closed at the lower end by a circular disk, which has the second sealing surface on a radially outwardly projecting edge portion of the closure body.
  • At least one circumferential circumferential second sealing lip projects upwardly from the second sealing surface.
  • the second sealing lip seals against the first sealing surface.
  • the spring element is bellows-like connected at an upper end with the closure body and is seated at a lower end on the seat surface.
  • a particularly uniform in the circumferential direction resilient support of the closure body is achieved on the projection.
  • the bellows-like spring element is tubular, wherein the wall in longitudinal section has a zigzag or wavy course with at least one direction reversal preferably in a fold. As a result, the spring element can spring in and spring down with little force over long spring travel.
  • the passage channels are advantageously formed by radially extending, circumferentially spaced-apart grooves in the seat surface of the projection.
  • each spring element has a bent angle to the seat inclined bending spring, which is seated at one end on the seat and is connected at the other end to the closure body.
  • each spring element on two or more torsion springs which are arranged in a zigzag and connected to each other at one end, wherein the lowermost spiral spring is supported at its lower end on the seat and the uppermost bending spring connected at its upper end to the closure body is.
  • the passage channels between the spaced-apart spring elements are arranged.
  • the closure body has at the bottom a second cylindrical wall which is connected at the lower end with the annular disc and is connected at the top with a widening towards the upper end, second conical wall, which is externally connected to the at least one spring element.
  • second conical wall facilitates actuation of the closure by means of the lips.
  • This embodiment is particularly advantageous combined with a first conical wall at the upper end of the base body.
  • the second conical wall has a lower second conical wall section with a large cone angle and adjacent thereto an upper second conical wall section with a small cone angle.
  • the small cone angle is smaller than the large cone angle.
  • the cone angle of the upper second conical wall section coincides with the cone angle of the first conical wall of the main body or deviates by a maximum of ⁇ 20%, preferably by a maximum of ⁇ 10% thereof. This is advantageous for the actuation by means of the lips.
  • the spring element in the connecting region of the lower second conical wall section and the upper second conical wall section is connected to the closure body. This is advantageous for the uniform support and tiltability of the closure body at different circumferential positions of the closure.
  • the spring element at the lower edge on a circumferentially extending bead which rests on the seat surface.
  • the bead facilitates sliding of the spring element over the seat during tilting of the closure body. As a result, the opening of the closure is facilitated and damage avoided.
  • the base body is made of a rigid material. According to a further embodiment, the base body is injection-molded. According to a further embodiment, the closure body is made of an elastomeric material. According to a preferred embodiment, the closure body is made of silicone, a thermoplastic elastomer, latex or other elastomer. According to a further embodiment, the closure body including the at least one spring element is made in one piece from an elastomeric material. According to a further embodiment, the closure body is injection-molded.
  • top and bottom and derived therefrom such as “above” and “below” refer to an orientation of the closure, wherein the tubular body or closure body vertically aligned and with its upper end above the lower end is arranged.
  • horizontal refers to the vertical orientation of the main body or closure body.
  • a lip-actuable closure 1 is arranged at the top of a drinking container 2.
  • the lip-actuatable closure 1 comprises a tubular base body 3 and a tubular closure body 4. It does not have any further components.
  • the tubular closure body 4 and the tubular base body 3 are so designed such that the closure body 4 is inserted into the base body 3 when the closure 1 is mounted.
  • Fig. 1a-e the closure 1 is mounted on the drinking container 2 and in Fig. 1f the components are shown disassembled.
  • Fig. 2 alone shows the closure 1 in the assembled state.
  • the base body 3 at the lower end 5 an inlet opening 6 for liquid and at the upper end 7 an outlet opening 8 for liquid.
  • the base body 3 has a starting from the lower end 5, first cylindrical wall 9, to which at the top of an upper end 7 toward extended, first conical wall 10 is connected.
  • the projection 12 has a circular disk-shaped seat surface 13 at the top.
  • passage channels 14 in the form of radially extending, circumferentially spaced-apart grooves 15 are present.
  • the radially extending grooves 15 are continued by axially extending grooves 17.
  • annular first sealing surface 18 is present at the bottom of the projection 12 . This starts from the inner edge 16 of the projection 12 and extends to a protruding from the underside of the projection first sealing lip 19 for sealing on the inside of the mouth of the drinking container. 2
  • the first cylindrical wall 9 has an internal thread 20 for attachment to the drinking container 2.
  • the base body 3 on the inner side 11 above the projection 12 has two circumferentially extending series of ribs 21, 22 with chamfers on the upper edge.
  • a first series of ribs 21 is disposed on the inner periphery of the first cylindrical wall 9 and a second series of ribs 22 is disposed on the inner circumference of the first conical wall 10.
  • the ribs 21, 22 are arranged in the circumferential direction in each case in the middle between two grooves 15 in the seat surface 13. They serve to stiffen the base body 3 and to guide the liquid when it leaves the opened closure 1.
  • the main body 3 is preferably injection molded in one piece from a hard plastic.
  • the tubular closure body 4 at the bottom has a second cylindrical wall 23, to which a second conical wall 24 connects.
  • the second conical wall 24 has at the bottom a lower second conical wall portion 25 with a large cone angle and adjoining an upper second conical wall portion 26 with a small cone angle.
  • closure body 4 is closed by a closure wall 27 in the form of a circular disk 28.
  • This has a closure body 27 radially outwardly projecting edge portion in the form of an annular disc 29.
  • the annular disc 29 has at the top a second sealing surface 30 which is formed congruent to the first sealing surface 18.
  • the closure body 4 has a bellows-type spring element 31, the upper end of which is circumferentially circumferentially connected to the connecting region of the lower second conical wall section 25 and the upper second conical wall section 26.
  • the spring element 31 has a lower and an upper leg 32, 33 which are acute-angled in opposite directions inclined to the horizontal and connected to each other in a deflection region 34 of the bellows.
  • a bead 35 At the bottom of the lower leg 32 runs in the circumferential direction, a bead 35.
  • the cone angle of the upper second conical wall section 26 corresponds to the cone angle of the first conical wall 10.
  • the closure body 4 is preferably injection molded in one piece from an elastomeric material.
  • the drinking container 2 has a bottle body 37 with a waisted sheath 38 and a bottle bottom 39.
  • a bottleneck 40 On top of the jacket 38 there is a bottleneck 40 with an orifice 41.
  • an external thread 42 On the bottleneck 40 there is an external thread 42, which is complementary to the internal thread 20 of the base body 3.
  • the closure 1 is mounted by inserting the closure body 4 through the upper end 7 into the base body 3 inside.
  • the spring element 31 sits with the bead 35 on the seat surface 13 of the projection 12.
  • the annular disc 29 is pushed through the limited by the inner edge 16 central opening of the projection 12 until the second sealing surface 30 rests with the second sealing lip 36 on the first sealing surface 18.
  • the spring element 31 is slightly elastically compressed and thus biased.
  • the closure body 4 is held on the projection 12 in the base body 3.
  • a drink can be introduced into the drinking container 2.
  • Pre-assembled closure 1 is according to Fig. 1 can be mounted on the drinking container 2 by the internal thread 20 is screwed onto the external thread 42.
  • the first sealing lip 19 engages in the mouth 41 of the drinking container 2 and seals it from.
  • the user applies his lower lip to the outside of the first conical wall 10 and his upper lip to the inside of the upper second conical wall portion 26 and presses the lips together.
  • the closure body 4 is tilted to the side, attach to the lips of the user, as in Fig. 6b shown.
  • the spring element 31 elastically springs on the side at which the mouth of the user is located.
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EP2138075A1 (fr) 2008-06-25 2009-12-30 Cecelia Maria Elisabeth Thorfinn Couvercle actionnable par lèvre pour un récipient
WO2011020501A1 (fr) * 2009-08-19 2011-02-24 Safetea B.V. Couvercle pour un récipient de liquide
WO2012007731A2 (fr) * 2010-07-12 2012-01-19 Oz10 Limited Récipient à boire
FR3025411A1 (fr) * 2014-09-08 2016-03-11 Visiomed Group Tasse pour enfant

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EP1123027B1 (fr) 1998-10-20 2004-06-16 Playtex Products, Inc. Recipient anti-gouttes s'ouvrant par une levre
EP2138075A1 (fr) 2008-06-25 2009-12-30 Cecelia Maria Elisabeth Thorfinn Couvercle actionnable par lèvre pour un récipient
WO2011020501A1 (fr) * 2009-08-19 2011-02-24 Safetea B.V. Couvercle pour un récipient de liquide
WO2012007731A2 (fr) * 2010-07-12 2012-01-19 Oz10 Limited Récipient à boire
FR3025411A1 (fr) * 2014-09-08 2016-03-11 Visiomed Group Tasse pour enfant

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US20220061562A1 (en) * 2019-03-05 2022-03-03 Koninklijke Philips N.V. Cover of a drinking device

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