ITBS20020094U1 - COVER FOR CLOSING CAFETERIA, JUGS, TEA POTS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS WITH BUILT-IN LOCKING DEVICE - Google Patents

Description

BUILT-IN LOCKING DEVICE

in the name of CARLO GIANNINI S. p.A .. with registered office in Cellatica (Brescia, Via Caporalino 9, of Italian nationality, electively domiciled for all legal purposes at the Studi MANZONI & MANZONI in Brescia, P.le Arnaldo 2.

Deposited on: -2 AUG. 2002 N.BS2002U000094

The aforesaid utility model relates to a lid for closing coffee pots, jugs, teapots and similar containers provided with a locking device to their body.

As is known, the lids of coffee pots, if not hinged to the body |, are usually only placed on the edge of such containers, and when the container is tilted to pour the contents it is necessary to keep the lid pressed on said edge with one hand so that do not fall.

The purpose of the present invention is to obviate such a drawback in an original way and to therefore propose a cover in which a device is incorporated which

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cons ente! locking, when necessary, to the body of the relative container, such as a coffee maker, jug, teapot or similar, and which also acts as a gripping element for removing the lid from the container itself.

This object is achieved with a lid for coffee pots, jugs, teapots and containers according to the following claims.

A broad example of the practical embodiment of the invention will be described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, indicative and non-limiting, in which:

Fig. 1 shows, in an exploded perspective view, only the locking device;

Fig.2 shows, in perspective view, the lid of a jug provided with the device under examination;

Fig.3 shows the cover with the device

block; i in longitudinal section;

Fig. 4 shows a section view of the jug with the device in a locking portion of the lid; And

Fig.5 shows a view similar to that of Fig.4, with a different arrangement of the spring of the locking device.

In said drawings, 10 indicates a container such as, for example, a coffee maker or a jug provided with a lid or cap 11 which, in accordance with the invention,

it incorporates a locking device 12 intended to fasten said lid 11 to the container 10.

The device 12 is substantially constituted by a pair of arms or levers, 13 and 14 respectively, which can rotate reciprocally since the arm 13 has a through hole 15 intended to receive and constrain us with a cylindrical portion 16 integral with the arm 14 acting as a rotation pin.

A torsion spring 17 is suitably wound around said cylindrical portion 16, whose two free ends 1 19 are intended to house and be constrained in respective holes 18 'and 19' made on the arm 13 and on the arm 14, said spring 17 being positioned in so as to keep the arms 13 and 14 in an elastically spread position.

The cylindrical portion 16 also has a coaxial through hole 16 'whose function will be illustrated below. In accordance with the invention, the arms 13 and 14 also each have an appendage, 13 'and 14' respectively, provided with a tooth or terminal hook 20 which extends outwards in a direction coinciding with the direction of rotation R of the respective lever, called levers 13 and 14 being furthermore equipped in their upper part with gripping hooks 21.

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A transversal pin 22 is suitably housed in the lid 11, intended to be inserted into the through hole 16 'thus allowing the fixing of the device 12 to the lid itself. The ends of the arms 13 and 14 provided with the teeth 20 extend just beyond the lower edge of the lid to resiliently engage in an undercut 23 formed on the edge that delimits the mouth of the jug. The opposite part of the arms, equipped with the grip appendages 21, protrudes from the top of the lid through parallel slots 24, the width of which allows the elastic and reciprocal approaching and / or distancing of the arms 13 and 14. To position and constrain the lid to the container it is first necessary to approach the gripping appendages 21 by resting them and then to release them so that the teeth 20 of the arms 13 and 14 hook into the undercut 23 thus preventing the lid from detaching from the mouth of the container. The latter can therefore be handled as desired even in the presence of the lid.

To remove the cover it is sufficient to bring the two grip knobs 21 together so as to disengage the teeth 20 from the undercut 23, overcoming the force of the spring 17, and then lift the cover by means of the appendages themselves.

Finally, Fig. 5 illustrates an alternative solution in which, without prejudice to the overall structure of the

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devices under examination and therefore without departing from the scope of the invention, the spring 17 has a different shape since its free ends instead of engaging in the holes 18 'and 19' are connected abutment to the appendages 13 'and 14' of the arms 13 and 14.

Claims (6)

Tel. 030/48313 - 3756265 1. Closing cover for coffee pots, jugs, teapots and similar containers, characterized in that it houses a device (12) consisting of a pair of arms or levers (13-14) connected by an appendix. cylindrical (16), mutually and elastically cooperating thanks to the interposition of an elastic means, such as for example a torsion spring (17). 2. Closing lid for coffee pots, jugs, teapots and similar φηίϊ containers referred to in Claim 1, characterized by the fact that the arms (13-14) have respective appendages (13 '- 14') provided at their lower sides of teeth (20) intended to hook with a corresponding undercut (23) obtained inside and above in the mouth of the container for locking the lid (1 1) to the container itself 3. Closing cover according to the preceding claims, characterized in that said arms or levers are provided at their upper ends with gripping devices (21) protruding from the top through parallel slits (24) the width of which allows the elastic and reciprocal approach and / or removal of the arms or levers, International Patent Office BRESCIA - Piazzale Arnaldo, Tel. 030/48313 - 3756265 4. Closing cover as per the preceding claims, characterized in that the arm or lever (13) has a through hole (15) intended to accommodate a cylindrical appendix (16) suitably on the arm ( 14), on said cylindrical appendix (16) with the torsion spring (17) applied, whose free ends (18-19) are inserted in corresponding holes (8 '- 19') made respectively on the arms (13) and ( 14). 5. Cover as per Claim 3, characterized by the fact that the cylindrical appendix (16) has a gassing hole (16 ') coaxial to it, a pin or pin (22) for fixing the device went into said hole itivo (12) to the lid. 6. Closing lid for coffee pots, jugs, teapots and similar containers of the preceding claims, as substantially described above, illustrated and claimed for the specified purposes. Bres cia 2 A osto 2000