EP3458376A1

EP3458376A1 - Drinking container lid

Info

Publication number: EP3458376A1
Application number: EP17735375.2A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Klaus Horstmann
Original assignee: EMSA GmbH
Current assignee: EMSA GmbH
Priority date: 2016-05-18
Filing date: 2017-05-17
Publication date: 2019-03-27
Anticipated expiration: 2037-05-17
Also published as: JP7150006B2; CN109195875B; CN111031861A; PL3458376T3; ES2787023T3; WO2017198263A1; CN111031861B; JP2020531370A; CN109195875A; DE102017119160A1; DE202016102642U1; DE112017002510A5; DK3458376T3; EP3458376B1

Abstract

The invention relates to a drinking container lid (100) for a drinking bottle, consisting of a base element (10) having at least one pour opening (19) in a base plate (11), which is surrounded by a raised edge (15) and has a flexible drinking nozzle (23) with an internal flow channel (24), which can be blocked by bending the flexible drinking nozzle (23). The drinking nozzle (23) is retained in a guide carriage (30) pivotally mounted on the base element (10). The bent drinking nozzle (23) can be mounted within a receiving space (14) surrounded by the edge (15). A detachable blocking means is provided in the drinking container lid (100), which retains the guide carriage (30) in a blocking position against the restoring force of the bent drinking nozzle (23).

Description

Tnnkbecherdeckel

The invention relates to a drinking cup lid for a drinking cup with the features of the preamble of claim 1.

Such a drinking cup lid is disclosed in EP 2 532 601 B1. The drinking spout is designed as a flexible plastic tube, which can be bent to close the inner flow channel. The bent position of the tube, on the alone a tightness of the drinking cup lid can be ensured is secured by a cap which can be locked via a latching connection with the lower part of the drinking cup lid. If the cap is loosened and folded back, the nozzle can return to its original shape due to the elastic restoring forces, and the internal flow channel is released again. Such drinking cup lids are intended in particular for use in sports activities in which the drinking nozzle, also called drinking snorkel, should be drunk directly from the bottle. For this purpose, the operation must be as simple as possible and should be possible especially with one hand. The disadvantage of the known drinking cup lid is that the pivotally mounted cap, which also causes the closure, is a hindrance. When drinking over the drinking nozzle, it must be held back with one finger. The object of the present invention is therefore to provide a drinking cup lid with drinking nozzle, which does not require an additional cap to bend the nozzle, to hold in the bent position and thus to effect a tight seal.

This object is achieved according to the present invention by a drinking cup cover with the features of claim 1, in particular by the fact that the drinking spout is held in a hinged to the base member and / or slidably mounted guide carriage, and that the kinked drinking spout within a through the Rim covered storage space is storable.

In contrast to the prior art, where the receiving space for the drinking spout is formed in the cavity below the cap, the receiving space according to the invention is formed directly on the base part. The securing of the drinking nozzle in the bent position is effected via the guide carriage, which is in the locking position at the top of the receiving space. Because the drinking nozzle according to the invention does not simply rise freely from the base element, but is held in the guide carriage with its defined bearing points, a defined kink is achieved.

In a preferred embodiment, it is also provided that the guide carriage is arranged in relation to the position of the outlet opening in the base element so that a double bend takes place. It thus forms an S-shaped snaking configuration of the drinking nozzle seen in cross-section, so that the inner drinking channel is shut off even at two places and a reliable barrier is achieved.

Essential to the invention is also the interaction between the position of the guide carriage and the elasticity of the drinking nozzle. The guide carriage is pressed down with the thumb, tilts forward and takes with it the drinking spout. When moving to a more horizontal position, the hinge points of the guide slide reach into a rail, which allows a linear retraction movement due to the guidance in a sliding gate. The user can therefore easily pull back after pushing down the drinking nozzle of the guide carriage, ie radially outward, where the guide carriage is blocked on a release button and thus holds the bent drinking nozzle down. The locked position of the guide carriage is held in that it is articulated and that the spring force of the deformed drinking nozzle presses the guide carriage firmly against the release button.

In order to be able to drink from the bottle again, the user only needs to push the guide slide slightly forward so that it comes out of engagement with the unlocking button. With the slight pressure over which the lock is triggered, the guide projections on the guide carriage are pushed back into the sliding gate, so that the guide carriage can straighten up, caused by the elastic return of the drinking nozzle. Subsequently, the user pushes the guide carriage forward again, with the drinking nozzle kinking and the guide carriage is moved back to its blocking position.

In order to provide even greater security against unintentional opening and against unintentional leakage of the beverage, a safety slide is preferably provided which can be moved to a position above the receiving space, where he either additionally locks the kinked drinking tube and / or secures the guide carriage, for example, in that it forms a latching connection with the guide carriage. Since the safety slide can only be moved translationally, tilting of the guide slide can not take place as long as the guide slide is in engagement with the safety slide. Rather, the user must first bring the safety slide into the outer position in order to be able to move the guide slide and the drinking nozzle at all and then has to trigger the unlocking button already described above in order to release the guide slide.

The advantage of the drinking cup lid according to the invention is thus the combination of a pivoting movement of the guide carriage to bring him to the lying position in which the drinking spout is disconnected, and a subsequent radial displacement to the outside for the purpose of securing. By this combination, a self-locking transport position is taken, which can be canceled only by a radial displacement again.

The radial displacement can be made by the user himself by a retraction movement. Preferably, however, it is provided that the guide slide with a sliding edge or sliding surface on a guide slot off when the user pivots the carriage down. This positive guidance is achieved when the guide carriage is pushed to slightly below the transport position. Then, the guide carriage is in an inclined position in which its outer, rear bearing edge is slightly raised, pushed so far out that the bearing edge is above a support surface. This has the advantage that the user only has to depress the guide carriage to make the backup. If the user lets go of it, the surfaces attach to each other and the transport position is secured.

So that the user does not have to perform two different types of movements when closing, a preferred embodiment also provides at least one additional spring element which acts on bearing pins on the outside of the guide carriage. The user then only has to swing the guide carriage with the drinking spout down. The necessary return movement for the production of the lock is achieved via the spring elements, which push the guide carriage linearly into the blocking position.

The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the drawings. The figures show in detail:

Figure 1 - 4 a drinking cup with different positions of the drinking nozzle, respectively in section;

Figure 5A, 5B the drinking cup lid in secured transport position, respectively in a perspective view;

Figure 6A, 6B the drinking cup lid in unsecured transport position, each in a perspective view;

Figure 7A, 7B the drinking cup lid in the unlocked position, respectively in a perspective view;

FIG. 8 shows the drinking cup lid in a drinking position in a perspective view;

Figure 9, 10 the drinking cup lid shortly before and shortly after making the transport position. 11 A shows a Trickbecherdeckel according to a second embodiment in secured transport position, in a perspective view;

FIG. 11 B is a Trickbecherdeckel according to a second embodiment in the unlocked position, in perspective view; and

12 shows a Trickbecherdeckel according to a third embodiment in a secured transport position, each in a perspective view.

1 shows a drinking cup cover 100 in section, which is formed from the following essential components:

a base member 10 made of a hard plastic;

an insert 20 made of a soft plastic or rubber;

a guide carriage 30;

a safety slide 40 and

a release button 50.

The base member 10 has an outer, approximately cylindrical body which extends from a lower edge, on which a screw thread begins, to an upper edge 15. About the screw thread can be made a sealing connection with a bottleneck of a drinking cup or a water bottle, especially an insulated bottle.

The interior of the base member 10 is divided by a bottom plate 1 1, which has a plurality of openings 12, 19. It is on the one hand to a pouring opening 19. In addition, there are several small ventilation openings 12 in the bottom plate.

The insert member 20 abuts from the bottom to the bottom 11 in the base member 10 and is sealingly connected thereto. At the pouring opening 19 covered by the insert element 20, a drinking spout 23 connects, which has an inner flow channel 24, which starts from an inlet opening 21.

In the area of the ventilation openings 12, the insert element 20 is provided with a small dome, which is spanned by a spacer 13, which protrudes from the bottom plate 1 1 down. In Figure 1, the closed transport position of the bottle closure 100 is shown. The drinking spout 23 is kinked twice, once from the outlet opening 21, starting radially to the left outside, from where it is deflected in a turn 22 and runs in the other direction. The double folding on the one hand, the drinking nozzle 23 can be formed longer and still be stored within the rim 15, and on the other hand, the double closure of the inner flow channel 24 provides greater security against leakage of liquid. The lying behind the turn 22 part of the drinking nozzle 23 is completely within the receiving space 14, which is surrounded by the edge 15 and bounded at the bottom back by the bottom 11. The position of the bent drinking nozzle 23 is on the one hand secured by the guide carriage 30, which is in Figure 1 in a locked position. The guide carriage 30 has on both sides depending on a bearing pin 31 for pivotal mounting in the base member 10th

On the other hand, a securing slide 40 has been brought into the locking position in FIG. 1, in which the guide carriage 30 lies above the receiving space 14. The safety slide 40 is guided in a rail 16. It secures the guide carriage 30 and prevents so that the drinking spout 23 unintentionally upright and thus can release the flow channel 24 inside. The rail 16 is formed on both sides on the inner edges of a U-shaped clip 17, which extends radially beyond the edge 15 of the base member 10 also outwardly. The clasp 17 can also be used to carry in the closed position.

In Figure 2, the beginning of the opening process is shown in a further sectional view. The safety slide 40 is already pushed into its lying outside of the edge 15 end position in the clip 17, whereby the unhindered movement of the guide carriage 30 is possible. The safety slide 40 is held in this position via a latching projection 41.

Despite being released by the safety slide, the guide carriage 30 can not yet snap up automatically, since it is still positively coupled to the housing 10 over a short distance, so that, although it can be displaced in the radial direction, it can not turn around its bearing journals. To overcome this intermediate position of the guide carriage 30 is pushed by slight pressure on the release button 50 radially forward, in the direction of the center, and is thus free at its rear end, as Figure 3 shows. The guide carriage 30 is no longer secured against rotation relative to the base member 10 and can raise itself due to the restoring force of the bent, elastic drinking nozzle 23.

In Figure 4, the drinking position is shown. The drinking spout 23 has fully unfolded, so that the internal flow channel 24 between the outlet opening 21 and the end of the drinking nozzle 23 is open. The drinking spout 23 is held in the guide carriage 30, so that both components occupy approximately the same angular position.

In FIGS. 5A, 5B, the closed position is shown analogously to FIG. 1, but in a perspective view. Both the guide slide 30 and the safety slide 40 are in an approximately horizontal position above the receiving space 14 in the interior and cover the opening of the receiving space 14 completely. At the top of the guide carriage 30 and the safety slide 40 projections are formed, which form a recessed grip to facilitate the operation of the drinking cup 100 by moving the components.

The guide carriage 30 is fixed on the one hand by the bearing pin 31 visible in the partially sectioned view in FIG. 5B in a receptacle 18 in the base element 10. On the other hand, the guide carriage 30 lies with a rear edge 32 on the one shoulder in the base element 10. With its front edge, it is held by the safety slide 40. As can also be seen in FIG. 5B, the bearing receptacle 18 is designed as a double bearing receptacle or as a slot. Thus, the bearing pin 31 can be changed by moving in its position.

In Figure 6A, the safety slide 40 is already transferred to its outer end position in the clip 17, so that the backup of the guide carriage 30 is already unilaterally canceled. However, the guide carriage 30 is still with its rear edge 32 on a support 10.1 (see Fig. 6B) on the base member 10, and this position is held by the spring force of the drinking nozzle 23. The bearing pin 31 is located in the outer, rear position in the bearing receptacle 18th

Only by pressing the release button 50 - as shown in Fig. 7A - the guide carriage 30 is slightly advanced. In this case, the bearing pin 31 moves in the Bearing 18 in the front, inner position. At the same time, the rear edge 32 comes out of engagement with the support 10.1 and the guide carriage 30 can thereby pivot freely about the bearing pin 31.

Due to the reshaping of the drinking nozzle 23, the latter itself and the guide carriage 30 connected to it align completely until the drinking position shown in perspective in FIG. 8, which corresponds to the position in section in FIG. 4, has been assumed.

While the previous illustrations relate primarily to the opening process, FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 show the transition from the drinking position according to FIGS. 4 and 8 back into the secured transport position according to FIG. 1, 5A or 5B.

Starting from the use or drinking position in Fig. 8, the user presses from above on the guide carriage 30 and pushes it down. As a result, he also deforms the drinking spout 23. If the user pushes the guide carriage 30 further down to below the upper side of the housing into the receiving space 14, then it comes with a front, lower sliding edge 33 on the curved concave surface of a guide slot 13 in the base element 10th

The first contact of the sliding edge 33 with the guide slot 13 is shown in FIG 9. The guide carriage 30 is slightly inclined inwardly down. At the same time, the rear side of the guide carriage 30 is slightly raised. The rear edge 32 is located above the support 10.1 on the base element 10. Since on the one hand the contact on the guide slot 30, on the other hand, the bearing pins 31 but in the receptacles 18 (see Figure 6B, 7B) are held, the force applied by the user is so diverted that the pins 31 are displaced radially until they lie in their rearward position within the receptacles 18. If the user then lets go, the guide carriage 30 is pushed upwards by the elasticity of the drinking nozzle 23, as a result of which the rear edge 32 lays on the support surface 10.1. Thus, the transport position is already secured. An additional backup can finally be effected by the safety slide 40, which prevents accidental slight pressure of the guide carriage 30 can be moved from the locked position. Figure 11A shows a Trickbecherdeckel 100 'according to a second embodiment in a perspective view. Shown is a secured transport position. The guide carriage 30, the safety slide 40 and the base member 10 are substantially unchanged from the first embodiment.

As a difference, a compression spring element 25 'is provided which is arranged between the bearing pin 31 and the base housing 10. In the illustrated embodiment, it is part of the insert element and thus together with the drinking spout 23 'integrally formed of elastomeric material. The compression spring element 25 'is a compressible body which presses the guide slide 30 in the secured position via the bearing pin 31 and holds it there.

In order to raise the drinking spout 23 ', the user must move the guide carriage 30 against the force of the compression spring element 25' to the position shown in Fig. 1 1 B. In this case, the elastomeric compression spring element 25 'is compressed. This position corresponds to the illustration of the first embodiment in FIG. 7B. Accordingly, the drinking position in which the drinking spout 23 'is erected, even with the drinking cup 100' is exactly the same as in Figure 8.

Finally, a trick cup lid 100 "according to a third embodiment is shown in a perspective view again in an unlocked position in Figure 12. The guide slide 30, the safety slide 40 and the base element 10 are also essentially unchanged here compared to the first and second embodiments The insert element with the drinking nozzle 23 ", which in this embodiment does not have an integrally molded, elastomeric spring element, but instead has a metallic compression spring element 50" in the same position and function, presses the journal 31 in the oblong receptacle 18 in FIG Base member 10 to the outside and thus automatically moves the guide slide 30 back into the locking position as soon as the user no longer exerts pressure on the guide slide 30.

The compression spring element 25 'in the drinking cup cover 100' or the compression spring element 50 "in the drinking cup 100 'facilitates firstly the closing process, since the user only the guide carriage 30 with the drinking spout but must not actively retract the guide carriage to the locked position. On the other hand, it brakes the rocking of the guide carriage 30 with the drinking spout, because the user over a longer path of the guide carriage 30 must rest his finger on it to move it against the force of the compression spring element. As a result, the user automatically damps the straightening guide carriage. In addition, in the second embodiment of the drinking cup cover 100 ', the friction between the journal 31 and the elastomeric compression spring member 25' restrains the movement.

Claims

claims:

1 . Drinking cup lid (100, 100 ', 100 ") for a drinking bottle,

at least comprising:

a base element (10) having at least one pouring opening (19) in a bottom plate (1 1) surrounded by a raised edge (15),

a flexible drinking spout (23, 23 ') with an inner flow channel (24) which can be shut off by kinking of the flexible drinking spout (23, 23'), characterized

in that the drinking spout (23, 23 ') is held in a guide carriage (30) mounted pivotably on the base element (10), that the kinked drinking spout (23, 23') can be stored within a receiving space (14) encompassed by the rim (15) is and that a releasable lock is provided, which holds the guide carriage (30) against the restoring force of the kinked drinking nozzle (23, 23 ') in a blocking position.

2. Drinking cup lid (100, 100 ', 100 ") according to claim 1, characterized in that the barrier by a support surface (10.1) on the base element (10) and by a support edge (32) at the rear, of the drinking spout (23; ') opposite end of the guide carriage (30) is formed, wherein the support edge (32) by a radial displacement of the guide carriage (30) from the support surface (10.1) is removable.

3. drinking cup lid (100, 100 ', 100 ") according to claim 2, characterized in that the guide carriage (30) by means of a hinged to the base member (10) connected unlocking button (50) is displaceable.

4. drinking cup lid (100, 100 ', 100 ") according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the guide carriage (30) on both sides each a La gerzapfen (31) which is mounted in a slot-shaped bearing receptacle (18) in the base element (10).

5. Drinking cup lid (100, 100 ', 100 ") according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one safety slide (40) is provided, which is arranged displaceably in a rail (16) above the receiving space (14) and in a first end position the bent drinking spout (23, 23 ') and / or the guide carriage (30) holds in a closed position.

6. drinking cup lid (100, 100 ', 100 ") according to claim 5, characterized in that the safety slide (40) in a over the edge (15) leading away rail (16) to a second end position outside the receiving space (14) displaceable is arranged.

7. drinking cup lid (100, 100 ', 100 ") according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bottom plate (1 1) has at least one ventilation opening (12).

A drinking cup lid (100, 100 ', 100 ") according to claim 7, characterized in that the drinking spout (23, 23') is an integral part of an elastomeric insert element (20) which is fully sealing with an underside of the bottom plate (11). is connected and that covers the pouring opening (1 1) and the ventilation opening (12), wherein the insert element (20) at the ventilation opening (12) includes at least one valve opening.

9. drinking cup lid (100, 100 ', 100 ") according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that in the receiving space (14) lowered drinking spout (23, 23') at a first kink in the region of the pouring opening (1 1) extends in a direction and above it at a second kink (22) in an opposite direction and occupies an S-shaped configuration in section.

10. Tnnkbecherdeckel (100, 100 ', 100 ") according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the guide slide (30) slides in a downward pivoting movement with a sliding surface or with a sliding edge (33) on a guide slot (13) and radially to is moved outside.

1 1. Drinking cup lid (100, 100 ', 100 ") according to one of claims 4 to 10, characterized in that the guide carriage (30) via at least one spring element (25', 50") on the base element (10) is supported.

12. drinking cup lid (100, 100 ', 100 ") according to claim 7 and 1 1, characterized in that the spring element (25', 50") is an elastomeric, compressible compression spring element (25 '), the part of the insert element (20). is.

13. A drinking cup, at least comprising a drinking vessel and a drinking cup lid (100, 100 ', 100 ") according to at least one of the preceding claims.

14. Drinking cup according to claim 1 1, characterized in that the

Drinking vessel and the drinking cup lid (100, 100 ', 100 ") over a

Screw thread to connect with each other.