JP2002179123A - Beverage container cap - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hygienically receive a shortened straw combined with a tubular container and to allow a beverage to be simply and easily taken using the straw. SOLUTION: A housing 3 for receiving the straw which comprises a rectangular recess is provided at the center of an upper surface 1a of a cylindrical cap body 1 which can be fitted over an upper part of the tubular container 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cap for a beverage container which is mainly provided on the upper portion of a tube to facilitate the storage of a straw to be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Usually, a tube container is installed in a vending machine or displayed at a store so that customers who purchase it can drink it on the spot or carry it and drink it at another place. I'm scared The tube container has a spout on the upper surface of the tube, which is covered with a tab. When drinking, the tab is raised and used as a spout, and the drink is taken directly from the spout.

[0003]

In this way, drinking from a tube container is completely inconvenient to drink from a tube container, especially in the open air. There is a limit to keeping it clean, just by rubbing or wiping the tube container before drinking. For this reason, straws that can be easily disinfected are used, but there is a problem with the storage and installation of the straws, and in practice there is no use in tube containers, so hygiene or use is extremely difficult. I felt inconvenience.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned inconvenience, and has a rectangular recess for storing a straw in the center of the upper surface of a cylindrical cap body which can be fitted to the upper part of a tube container. Is provided. In addition, the storage section is provided with a recess on the side of the rectangular recess,
Alternatively, the longitudinal direction of the rectangle is outwardly expanded to be concave.

[0005]

In use, first of all, for setting the tube in the container, the straw body is divided and assembled, processed cleanly, and prepared for storage. Next, after the cap body is fitted to the upper part of the container, the prepared straw is stored in the storage part, and a heat seal is provided on the upper surface of the cap body by pressure bonding so as to cover the storage part and not to be peeled off by heating or the like. At the time of drinking, the cap body is removed from the container, the heat seal is turned up, and the divided straw bodies are taken out of the storage section and spliced to use as a single straw. When taking out the straw, if the divided straws are stored in the same size as the storage section, it is difficult to take out the straw, so that a concave portion or a bulge is provided on the side surface of the storage section to facilitate the removal of the straw.

[0006]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a cylindrical cap body,
Straw body 2 used as one straw at splicing
Is provided in the center of the upper surface 1a of the cap main body 1 in the shape of a rectangular recess having the same size as that of the storage container when the storage container is divided into three parts. It is possible. Reference numeral 5 denotes a heat seal, which is provided on the upper surface 1a of the cap main body 1 so as to cover the upper part of the storage unit 3 in order to prevent the straw main body 2 from falling off after the straw main body 2 is provided in the storage unit 3.

In use, the straw body 2 is divided and assembled, cleanly treated, put in a plastic bag, stored in the storage section 3, and the heat seal 5 is covered so as to cover the storage section 3. It is provided on one upper surface 1a by thermal deposition. Then, the heat seal 5 is fitted to the upper part of the container 4 of the tube so that the heat seal 5 is on the outside, and the tube is sold. At the time of drinking, the cap body 1 is taken out of the container 4, the heat seal 5 is turned up, the straw body 2 is taken out of the storage section 3, and spliced to be used as one straw. The means for storing the straw main body 2 is not limited to the method of the present embodiment since there are various ways.

(Embodiment 2) The present embodiment is almost the same as Embodiment 1, and the description is omitted because only the part of the storage part 6 provided with the concave portion 6a on the side surface of the storage part 3 is different. In use, the operation is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the straw is easily taken out by putting a finger in the concave portion 6a, and thus the description is omitted.

[0009]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the combined straw can be stored in a container in a sanitary manner, and the drinking can be easily and easily performed using the straw. According to the second and third aspects, it is easy to take out the straw. As described above, this invention has many features and is very excellent for industrial use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway plan view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cap main body 1a Upper surface 2 Straw main body 3 Storage part 4 Container 5 Heat seal 6 Storage part 6a Recess

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A cap for a beverage container, wherein a storage part for storing a straw having a rectangular recess is provided at the center of the upper surface of a cylindrical cap main body which can be fitted to the upper part of a container of a tube. 2. The beverage container cap according to claim 1, wherein a concave portion is provided on a side surface of the rectangular concave portion of the storage portion. 3. The beverage container cap according to claim 1, wherein a longitudinal direction of the rectangular shape of the storage portion is expanded outward to form a recess.