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Bottle cap

  The present invention relates to a bottle cap that has a raw material container that contains a powdery or liquid raw material, and that releases the raw material into a bottle by dropping the bottom cover of the raw material container in accordance with the opening operation.

  Conventionally, as this kind of bottle cap, for example, there is one described in Patent Document 4 (Japanese Patent No. 3281730).

  In this conventional example, on the upper surface of the bottom cover, a seal cylinder portion is provided to be fitted to the lower end portion of the inner periphery of the storage cylinder portion of the cap. However, it is difficult to ensure airtightness. Humid air enters the housing cylinder, and the raw materials such as powder come into contact with oxygen, thereby causing alteration and decay. In addition, after the bottom lid is removed, an idling region where the screw threads are not screwed is formed between the cap and the connecting member (outer cylinder), and thus liquid leakage occurs from the gap due to the idling region.

  On the other hand, in order to prevent slipping, a knurl is generally formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical knob portion of the bottle cap that is picked up by the knob portion of the cap body and opened by turning. Due to the widespread use of PET bottles, opportunities to open the caps are increasing, but bottle caps for PET bottles are generally made of hard synthetic resin, and the knurls are mostly just vertical streaks, so the force is weak It is difficult for humans to open.

  In Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent No. 3408092), a knurled member having a plurality of protrusions extending in parallel along the circumferential direction is provided on the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical skirt portion (cylindrical knob portion) of a synthetic resin cap. A synthetic resin cap formed as a discontinuous annular knurl having a discontinuous portion is disclosed.

  This cap forms a discontinuous part in the knurling extending in the circumferential direction, and when the cap-side locking projection gets over the locking projection on the container side, the elastic deformation of the cap is improved at the discontinuous part, It is intended to reduce the force during the opening operation, but has little effect on slip prevention when the cap is opened by opening the cap.

In Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-218207), in addition to the knurling on the outer peripheral surface of the cap, a concave groove is formed on the upper surface of the cap, and a stick such as chopsticks is fitted into the concave groove. A bottle cap that can be rotated is disclosed.
However, according to this, sticks such as chopsticks must be prepared separately.

  Patent Document 3 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-81302) discloses a bottle cover formed of a thin synthetic resin so that it can be externally covered from the bottle cap to the bottle shoulder and can be detachably crimped to the bottle cap by elasticity. It is disclosed.

This bottle cover is made of low-density polyethylene or equivalent low-hardness thin-walled synthetic resin, so it will prevent slipping when turning the cap from above, but for each bottle its shoulder Therefore, it is necessary to mold the product according to the shape, which increases the cost.
Japanese Patent No. 3408092 JP 10-218207 A JP 2003-81302 A Japanese Patent No. 3281730

The first object of the present invention is to provide airtightness higher than in the prior art, and to prevent deterioration and decay of the powder stored in the raw material storage unit.
The second problem is to improve the anti-slip effect during cap opening operation with a simple structure of the cap itself at a low cost.

The bottle cap according to the first aspect of the present invention corresponds to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, and includes a parent cap 1 having an outer cylinder 6 inserted into the mouth portion 50 a of the bottle 50, and the outside thereof. It consists of a child cap 2 provided with an inner cylinder 9 that is inserted into the cylinder 6 and serves as a raw material storage section, and a bottom lid 3 that seals the lower end opening of the inner cylinder 9. And the child cap 2 is screwed into the outer cylinder 6 of the parent cap 1 to seal the mouth portion 50 a of the bottle 50 together with the upper end opening of the outer cylinder 6. In the bottle cap in which the bottom lid 3 is dropped from the inner cylinder 9 by the outer cylinder 6 of the parent cap 1 by turning in the opening direction with respect to the outer cylinder 6, and the raw material in the inner cylinder 9 is discharged into the bottle 50.
The bottom cover 3 includes a pressing portion 3a having a convex upper surface and a concave lower surface, an annular recess 3c that forms an annular groove 3b with the periphery of the pressing portion 3a, and a lower surface that is a concave surface of the pressing portion 3a. A projection 3d that protrudes downward from the center of the inner portion, and the lower end portion of the inner cylinder 9 is forcibly fitted into the annular groove 3b, and the pushing portion 3a is pushed into the inner cylinder 9, Seal the lower end opening of the inner cylinder 9,
Further, when the upper end opening of the outer cylinder 6 is closed with the child cap 2 on the top lower surface of the child cap 2, the upper end opening of the outer cylinder 6 is pressed into the upper end opening with the body portion 8 b of the child cap 2. A hermetic sealing ring 10 is protruded.

  In order to achieve the second problem in the bottle cap of the first embodiment, the body portion 8b serving as the knob portion of the child cap 2 is made of a hard synthetic resin, and a non-slip surface layer portion made of a soft synthetic resin on the outer peripheral surface thereof. 8g is formed integrally.

The bottle cap of the second aspect of the present invention corresponds to Example 2 shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 and Example 4 shown in FIGS. 20 to 22, and the cap body A is the mouth portion 50 a of the bottle 50. The outer cylinder part 51 formed on the inner periphery with a screw 51c that is screwed into the outer peripheral screw 50d, the ceiling part 52 that seals the opening of the mouth part 50a of the bottle 50, and the raw material storage hanging from the ceiling part 52 And an inner cylinder part 53 that is a part, and a bottom lid part 54 that is integrally formed with the inner cylinder part 53 and detachably closes the lower end opening thereof, and between the bottom lid part 54 and the inner cylinder part 53 A notch 54a is formed in the bottom lid portion 54, and an opening projection 66 that is elastically deformable is formed on the bottom lid portion 54.
When the cap body A is rotated in the sealing direction and the inner cylinder portion 53 is inserted into the mouth portion 50a of the bottle 50, the bottom lid B is inserted into the bottle 50 with the opening projection 66 elastically deformed. When the protrusion 66 for opening exceeds the throat 50c in the bottle 50, it engages with the throat 50c, rotates the cap body A in the opening direction, and pulls out the inner cylinder 53 from the mouth 50a of the bottle 50. When the opening projection 66 is engaged with the throat portion 50c in the bottle 50, the bottom lid portion 54 is prevented from rising, and the bottom lid portion 54 is cut at the lower end of the inner cylinder portion 53 at the cut 54a. When the lower end of the inner cylinder part 53 is opened after being separated from the raw material, the raw material in the inner cylinder part 53 is discharged into the bottle 50.

  In the case of the bottle cap according to the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 20, a raw material inlet 52 a for the inner cylinder portion is formed in the ceiling portion 52 of the cap body A, and the raw material inlet 52 a is sealed with an upper lid D. It is preferable that the upper lid D is integrally formed with the cap body A continuously with the ceiling 52 of the cap body A by an elastically deformable hinge 52c.

  In order to achieve the second problem in the bottle cap according to the second embodiment, the outer cylindrical portion 51 serving as the knob portion of the cap body A is made of a hard synthetic resin, and a non-slip surface layer made of a soft synthetic resin on the outer peripheral surface thereof. The part 51b is formed integrally.

The bottle cap according to the third embodiment of the present invention corresponds to the third embodiment shown in FIGS. 12 to 16 and the modification shown in FIGS. 17 to 19, and the cap body A is the mouth portion 50 a of the bottle 50. The outer cylinder part 51 formed on the inner periphery with a screw 51c that is screwed into the outer peripheral screw 50d, the ceiling part 52 that seals the opening of the mouth part 50a of the bottle 50, and the raw material storage hanging from the ceiling part 52 An inner cylinder part 53 as a part, and the lower end of the inner cylinder part 53 is press-fitted into the periphery of the bottom lid part B that is formed separately from the inner cylinder part 53 and closes the lower end opening in a separable manner. An annular recess 60 is formed, and a packing 63 made of a material softer than the annular recess 60 is provided in the annular recess 60 by simultaneous molding with the annular recess 60. The lower end of the inner cylindrical portion 53 is press-fitted into the annular recess 60. Is compressed by causing, also elastically deformable unsealing projections 62 are formed on the bottom lid B,
When the cap body A is rotated in the sealing direction and the inner cylinder portion 53 is inserted into the mouth portion 50a of the bottle 50, the bottom lid B is inserted into the bottle 50 with the unsealing projection 62 elastically deformed. When the protrusion 62 for opening exceeds the throat 50c in the bottle 50, it engages with the throat 50c, rotates the cap body A in the opening direction, and pulls out the inner cylinder 53 from the mouth 50a of the bottle 50. When the opening projection 62 is engaged with the throat portion 50c in the bottle 50, the bottom lid B is restricted from rising, and the inner cylindrical portion 53 extends from the annular recess 60 of the bottom lid B. The bottom end of the inner cylinder part 53 is separated from the lower end of the inner cylinder part 53 and the lower end of the inner cylinder part 53 is opened, so that the raw material in the inner cylinder part 53 is discharged into the bottle 50. Features.

  In this case, it is preferable that the packing 63 is embedded in the annular recess 60 so that a part thereof protrudes from the inner surface of the annular recess 60.

  In order to achieve the second problem even in the bottle cap of the third embodiment, the outer cylinder 51 serving as the knob of the cap body A is made of a hard synthetic resin, and a non-slip surface layer made of a soft synthetic resin on the outer peripheral surface thereof. The part 51b is formed integrally.

The bottle caps of any of the first, second, and third forms of the present invention are also highly airtight when the lower end opening of the inner cylinder serving as the raw material storage portion is sealed with a bottom lid, and the powder stored therein It is possible to accurately prevent alterations and corruption.
In addition, the anti-slip surface layer made of soft synthetic resin is integrally formed on the outer peripheral surface of the knob portion of the hard synthetic resin cap body by simultaneous molding, so that the anti-slip effect during the opening operation is good. Can alleviate finger pain.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 4 show a bottle cap of Example 1, FIGS. 1 and 2 show a state before assembly, FIG. 3 shows an assembled state, and FIG. 4 shows a state set in a bottle. Each bottle cap is composed of a resin-molded parent cap 1, child cap 2 and bottom lid 3. The parent cap 1 is fixed to the bottle, and the child cap 2 is detachable to open the child cap 2. It is designed to be plugged for drinking.

  The parent cap 1 is integrally formed of a hard synthetic resin, and an outer cylinder 6 having upper and lower ends opened integrally with a parent cap body 5 that covers a mouth portion 50a of a bottle 50 (FIG. 4) such as a PET bottle. The outer cylinder 6 integrally penetrates the top part 5a of the parent cap body 5 vertically, and the upper part protruding upward from the top part 5a becomes a mouth part 6a whose upper end is open, and protrudes downward from the top part 5a. The lower part is a hanging cylinder part 6b that hangs downward from its lower end and opens at the lower end while forming a gap with the body part 5b of the parent cap body 5. The drooping cylinder portion 6b is tapered with a step near the top portion 5a, and then gradually tapers toward the lower end opening. A minute step portion 6c that slightly increases the thickness is formed in the middle of the inner peripheral surface of the hanging tube portion 6b. A knurl 5d is engraved on the outer peripheral surface of the body portion 5b.

  A female screw 5c is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the body portion 5b of the parent cap body 5 to be screwed with the male screw 50b of the mouth portion 50a of the bottle 50, and a male screw is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 6a of the outer cylinder 6. A screw 6d is formed.

  The child cap 2 is provided with an inner cylinder 9 serving as a raw material and pressurized gas filling portion (capsule) integrally projecting from the lower surface of the top portion 8a of the child cap main body 8, and is thin at a position close to the outer periphery of the inner cylinder 9. A short sealing ring 10 is integrally projected. The inner cylinder 9 protrudes much longer than that while forming a gap with the body portion (knob portion) 8b of the child cap body 8. The inner cylinder 9 is slightly smaller in diameter than the outer cylinder 6 and can be inserted with a slight gap between the inner cylinder 6 but the length is slightly longer than the outer cylinder 6. Yes. The inner cylinder 9 has the same inner diameter from the upper end to the lower end, but the outer diameter gradually decreases from the upper end to the lower end so that the thickness of the inner cylinder 9 is gradually reduced, and the lower end edge is outward. A protruding edge 9e is formed. Further, on the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder 9, a minute step portion 9 c that is slightly thinned is formed.

  The child cap 2 is also integrally formed of the same hard synthetic resin as the parent cap 1 as a whole, but a small cross-sectional triangle is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the trunk portion 8b which becomes a knob when the child cap body 8 is opened. A non-slip surface layer portion 8g having a vertical streak-shaped knurl 8f is formed integrally with a body portion 8b, which is a hard synthetic resin, by a soft synthetic resin such as a rubber-based elastomer.

  An annular lower peripheral edge portion 8c of the trunk portion 8b of the child cap 2 is separable from an upper portion thereof by a thin notch 8d extending over the entire circumference. On the inner peripheral surface of the body portion 8b above the notch 8d, a female screw 8e that is screwed with the male screw 6d of the mouth portion 6a of the outer cylinder 6 is formed. As shown in FIG. 3, the female screw 8e is screwed into the male screw 6c, and the child cap 2 is moved to the mouth of the outer cylinder 6 until the annular lower peripheral edge portion 8c forcibly exceeds the end of the male screw 6d. If it covers 6a, mouth part 6a will be sealed airtight and liquid-tight. At this time, the child cap 2 has its annular lower peripheral edge portion 8c fixed so as not to rotate with respect to the mouth portion 6a, and the lower end portion of the inner cylinder 9 projects from the lower end opening of the drooping cylinder portion 6b of the outer cylinder 6, A minute step portion 9c in the middle of the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder 9 and a minute step portion 6c in the middle of the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder 6 are close to each other and vertically face each other. Further, the sealing ring 10 is press-fitted into the mouth portion 6 a of the outer cylinder 6, the top portion 8 a of the child cap 2 is pressed against the upper end of the outer tube 6, and the sealing ring 10 is connected to the corner portion of the trunk portion 8 b of the child cap 2. Thus, the mouth portion 6a of the outer cylinder 6 is clamped from inside and outside.

  The bottom cover 3 is integrally formed of a hard synthetic resin, and an annular recess 3c that forms an annular groove 3b having a reverse Ω-shaped cross section with a pressing portion 3a having a convex upper surface and a concave lower surface and a peripheral edge of the pressing portion 3a. And the protrusion 3d which protrudes downward from the center of the lower surface which is the concave surface of the pushing part 3a is integrally molded. While the lower end portion of the inner cylinder 9 is forcibly fitted into the annular groove 3b, and the pushing portion 3a is pushed into the inner cylinder 9, the bottom lid 3 is made of pressurized gas (inert gas) as shown in FIG. And the lower end opening of the inner cylinder 9 filled with the raw material 11 is hermetically and liquid-tightly sealed.

  Raw materials C stored in the inner cylinder 9 include green tea, coffee, black tea, concentrated minerals, deep sea water extracted minerals, health foods, drugs, concentrated fruit juices, dairy products, alcohol, concentrated vegetables, soup ingredients, vitamins, and sugars. , Herbs, fermenting bacteria, etc. in powder, granule, tablet or liquid. Further, the pressure gas is preferably an inert gas that can safely maintain the quality of the raw material C, and examples thereof include nitrogen, helium, argon, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or a mixed gas thereof. Further, an oxygen scavenger or the like can be enclosed.

  In order to drink the beverage in the bottle 50 closed with such a bottle cap, the barrel portion 8b which is the knob portion of the child cap 2 is picked and rotated in the direction of opening the child cap 2, but the outer peripheral surface of the barrel portion 8b is used. Since the anti-slip surface layer portion 8g having the knurl 8f is formed, the anti-slip effect during the opening operation is good and finger pain can be alleviated. When the inner cylinder 9 is raised by turning the child cap 2 in the opening direction, the upper edge of the annular recess 3c of the bottom cover 3 comes into contact with the lower edge of the outer cylinder 6 and the bottom cover 3 restrains further rising. Therefore, the fitting between the protruding edge 9e at the lower end of the inner cylinder 6 and the annular recess 3c of the bottom cover 3 is released, and the bottom cover 3 is dropped from the inner cylinder 9 that is further raised. When this falls off, the raw material C in the inner cylinder 9 is ejected at once with the pressure gas. The bottom lid 3 settles in the liquid in the bottle.

  As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, the bottle cap according to the second embodiment includes two parts: a cap body A that is resin-molded and a disk-shaped upper lid D that is resin-molded separately from the cap body A. . Moreover, the sheet material E is affixed on the upper cover D as needed.

  The cap body A includes an outer cylinder part 51 serving as a knob part, a ceiling part 52 having a circular raw material inlet 52a, an inner cylinder part 53 depending from the ceiling part 52, and a bottom lid part 54 at the lower end thereof. The outer cylindrical portion 51 has a non-slip surface layer portion 51b having a vertical stripe-shaped knurled portion 51a having a small cross-sectional triangle on the entire circumference, which is formed of a soft synthetic resin. The outer cylinder part 51 which is a hard synthetic resin is integrally formed by simultaneous molding.

  A screw 51c is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder portion 51. The screw 51c is screwed with a screw 50b provided on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 50a of the bottle 50 such as a PET bottle shown in FIGS. Further, by forming a thin notch 55 over the entire circumference in the lower peripheral edge portion of the outer cylinder portion 51, a portion above the notch 55 can be forcibly separated from the lower annular lower peripheral edge portion 56. It has become. The inner peripheral surface of the lower peripheral edge portion 56 below the notch 55 of the outer cylinder portion 51 is an inclined surface, and an annular step portion 51d is formed on the upper surface thereof. The anti-slip surface layer portion 51 b is formed on the upper side of the notch 55.

  The inner cylinder part 53 becomes a raw material and a pressure gas filling part (capsule), and it is vertically suspended from the peripheral edge of the raw material charging port 52a of the ceiling part 52 by forming a step part 52b at the opening peripheral edge. The length extends from the mouth 50a beyond the throat 50c in the bottle into the bottle body 50d. The upper portion 53a of the inner cylinder portion 53 is sized such that its outer peripheral surface is in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the bottle mouth portion 50a, but the intermediate portion 53b is gradually narrowed downward, and the lower portion 53c is The size is such that a gap is formed between the inner peripheral surface of the bottle mouth portion 50a and the throat portion 50c in the bottle.

  The bottom cover part 54 is integrated with the inner cylinder part 53 so as to close the lower end of the inner cylinder part 53, but can be separated from the inner cylinder part 53 by a cut 54 a formed on the outer peripheral surface. . On the outer peripheral surface of the bottom cover portion 54, a plurality of claw portions 66 having spring properties are integrally projected in a diagonally upward direction and radially as a whole. As will be described later, these claw portions 66 function as a bottom lid opening portion that separates the bottom lid portion 54 from the inner cylinder portion 53 at the cut 54. A frustoconical protrusion 61 projecting downward is integrally formed at the center of the bottom surface of the bottom lid portion 54 that is a concave surface.

  The upper lid D is disk-shaped and has a stepped portion 67 on the periphery of its lower surface. The upper lid D is for putting the raw material C together with the pressure gas into the inner cylindrical portion 53 and sealing the raw material charging port 52a. At that time, the step portion 67 of the upper lid D and the step portion 52b on the peripheral edge of the raw material charging port 52a. And the fitting part is adhered with an adhesive (for example, hot melt) or the like. And the sheet | seat material E is affixed from it (for example, a paper seal is affixed), and the upper surface of the upper cover D is covered with the surrounding ceiling part upper surface. If it does in this way, while being able to improve the sealing performance between the upper cover D and the raw material insertion port 52a, it can hide that it is sealing with the upper cover D.

  In order to attach the bottle cap of Example 2 thus configured to the mouth part 50a of the bottle 50, as shown in FIG. 8, the bottom lid part 54 is first pushed into the bottle mouth part 50a and the inner cylinder is inserted. The portion 53 is inserted into the bottle mouth portion 50a, and the cap body A is rotated in the sealing direction. When the bottom lid 54 is pushed into the bottle mouth portion 50a, the radial claw portions 66 are inclined obliquely upward, so that all the claw portions 66 are elastically deformed without difficulty while being pushed in smoothly. The inner cylinder portion 53 can be inserted into the bottle mouth portion 50a while the claw portion 64 is in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the bottle mouth portion 50a.

  Therefore, while turning the cap main body A in the sealing direction, the screw 51c of the outer cylinder part 51 is screwed into the screw 50b of the bottle mouth part 50a, and the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder part 51 as shown in FIG. The annular stepped portion 51d is forcibly screwed up to a position beyond the annular convex portion 50e on the outer peripheral surface of the bottle mouth portion 50a. At this time, since the inner peripheral surface of the lower peripheral edge portion 56 of the outer cylindrical portion 51 is an inclined surface, the annular convex portion 50e is smoothly overcome, and the annular step portion 51d is engaged with the flat lower surface of the annular convex portion 50e. .

On the other hand, in the bottle mouth part 50a, the inner cylinder part 53 has a length that extends into the bottle body part 50d. Therefore, the bottom cover part 54 exceeds the throat part 50c in the bottle, and the entire claw part 66 is It restores to the open state and engages with the lower surface of the throat 50c.
In this state, the bottle mouth portion 50a is sealed.

  When the cap body A is rotated in the opening direction in such a sealed state, the non-slip surface layer portion 51b having the knurling 51a is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the outer cylinder portion 51. It has good anti-slip effect and can relieve finger pain. When the cap body A is rotated in the opening direction, as shown in FIG. 9, the portion above the notch 55 of the outer cylinder portion 51 can rise, but the lower peripheral edge portion 56 below the notch 55 is Since the annular step portion 51d is engaged with the lower surface of the annular convex portion 50e, the annular step portion 51d cannot be lifted and remains separated from the upper portion at the cut 55 as shown in FIG.

  Therefore, since the cap body A cannot be turned unless a force is applied to force such separation, the sealed state can be reliably maintained.

  On the other hand, in the bottle mouth portion 50a, when the cap body A is turned in the opening direction, the inner cylinder portion 53 rises while rotating, whereas the bottom lid portion 54 has a throat with all the claws 66 open. Since it is engaged with the lower surface of the part 50c, it cannot be raised, and the bottom cover part 54 is separated from the inner cylinder part 53 that is further raised by the cut 54a as shown in FIG. . If this falls off, the raw material C in the inner cylinder part 53 will be ejected at a stretch together with the pressure gas, and the bottom cover part 54 will settle in the liquid in the bottle 50. Since the protrusion 61 is provided on the lower surface of the bottom lid portion 54, the bottom lid portion 54 does not sink while shaking greatly.

  The bottom lid part 54 that has fallen out has a radial outer diameter of all the claw parts 66 restored to the open state that is larger than the inner diameter of the bottle mouth part 50a, and therefore does not pass out of the bottle mouth part 50a. .

  FIG. 11 shows a modification of the second embodiment in which the claw portion 66 has a spherical tip. If it does in this way, insertion to the bottle mouth part 50a can be performed more smoothly, without damaging the internal peripheral surface. Other configurations are the same as those of the second embodiment.

Next, Example 3 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the bottle cap of Example 3 is composed of two parts: a cap body A that is resin-molded and a bottom lid B that is resin-molded separately.

  The cap body A is formed by integrally molding an outer cylinder part 51, a ceiling part 52, and an inner cylinder part 53 depending on the ceiling part 52 from a hard synthetic resin. In the same manner as in Example 2, the anti-slip surface layer portion 51b having the knurls (vertical bars) 51a on the entire circumference is integrally formed of the soft synthetic resin and the outer cylinder portion 51, which is a hard synthetic resin, by simultaneous molding. Yes. On the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder portion 51, a screw 51c that is screwed with a screw 50b provided on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 50a of a bottle 50 such as a plastic bottle shown in FIGS. 14 and 15 is formed. Further, by forming a thin notch 55 over the entire circumference in the lower peripheral edge portion of the outer cylinder portion 51, a portion above the notch 55 can be forcibly separated from the lower annular lower peripheral edge portion 56. It has become. On the inner peripheral surface of the lower peripheral edge portion 56, an inner annular protrusion 57 having spring properties is formed to protrude all around, and the inner peripheral surface of the inner annular protrusion 57 protrudes toward the lower end. A large number of triangular teeth 57a whose height is lowered are formed in a wave-like manner over the entire circumference at predetermined intervals.

  The inner cylinder part 53 is integrally suspended from the lower surface of the ceiling part 52, and has a length that extends from the bottle mouth part 50a beyond the throat part 50c in the bottle into the bottle body part 50d. The upper portion 53a of the inner cylinder portion 53 is sized such that its outer peripheral surface is in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the bottle mouth portion 50a, but the intermediate portion 53b is gradually narrowed downward, and the lower portion 53c is The size is such that a gap is formed between the inner peripheral surface of the bottle mouth portion 50a and the throat portion 50c in the bottle. Moreover, the lower end edge of the inner cylinder part 53 becomes the protruding edge 53d which bulges outside.

  The bottom cover B includes a pressing portion 58 having a convex upper surface and a concave bottom surface, an annular recess 60 that forms an annular groove 59 having a reverse Ω cross section at the periphery of the pressing portion 58, and a concave surface of the pressing portion 58. A frustoconical protrusion 61 that protrudes downward from the center of the lower surface and an annular bottom lid opening portion 62 that protrudes obliquely upward from the outer surface of the annular recess 60 are integrally formed.

  In the annular recess 60 of the bottom lid B, an annular packing 63 made of a material softer than the annular recess 60, such as silicon rubber or polypropylene, is integrally formed with the inner surface of the annular recess 60 by simultaneous molding with the annular recess 60. Is provided. Specifically, the packing 63 is partly protruded from the inner surface of the annular recess 60 and embedded in the bottom of the annular recess 60, and is integrated with the annular recess 60.

  The bottom lid opening portion 62 of the bottom lid B is provided with spring properties by a recess 64 formed between the base portion thereof, that is, the annular recess 60, and opens and closes toward the annular recess 60 (expands outward, In the normal state in which the bottom lid opening portion 62 is open, the outer diameter of the bottom lid opening portion 62 is larger than the inner diameter of the bottle mouth portion 50a. On the outer peripheral surface of the bottom lid opening portion 62, a large number of triangular tooth portions 65 whose projecting height decreases toward the lower end are formed so as to project in a wave shape over the entire circumference at predetermined intervals.

Example 3 configured as described above is in an assembled state as follows.
As shown in FIG. 12, the annular concave groove 59 having an inverted Ω cross section of the annular concave portion 60 of the bottom cover B and the bulging protrusion 53 d at the lower end of the inner cylindrical portion 53 of the cap body A are forcibly fitted. The protruding portion of the packing 63 is compressed at the lower end of the inner cylinder portion 53. Then, the bulging protruding edge 53d at the lower end of the inner cylinder portion 53 is pressed into the annular groove 59 having a reverse Ω cross section while the protruding portion of the packing 63 is compressed. The closure by the bottom lid B has a very high sealing performance, and even if the pressure gas is sealed in the inner cylindrical portion 53, the airtightness can be sufficiently secured.

  After the raw material C is put together with the pressure gas in the inner cylindrical portion 53 of the cap body A and sealed with the bottom lid B as described above, as shown in FIG. The inner cylinder part 53 is inserted into the bottle mouth part 50a by being pushed into the bottle mouth part 50a, and the cap body A is rotated in the sealing direction. When pushing the bottom lid B into the bottle mouth portion 50a, since the protruding heights of the many tooth portions 65 on the outer peripheral surface of the bottom lid opening portion 62 are lowered toward the lower end, The bottom lid opening portion 62 is elastically deformed without difficulty and is in a deflated state (closed state), and the inner cylinder portion 53 follows the bottom lid B while the tooth portion 65 is in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the bottle mouth portion 50a. Can be inserted into the bottle mouth portion 50a.

  While turning the cap main body A in the sealing direction, the screw 51c of the outer tube portion 51 is screwed into the screw 50b of the bottle mouth portion 50a, and the inner annular protrusion 57 of the outer tube portion 51 is formed as shown in FIG. Then, the bottle mouth portion 50a is screwed up to a position beyond the annular convex portion 50e on the outer peripheral surface. At this time, on the inner peripheral surface of the lower peripheral edge portion 56 of the outer cylindrical portion 51, a large number of tooth portions 57a whose projecting height decreases toward the lower end are formed, and the upper surface of the annular convex portion 50e is a slope. Therefore, these tooth portions 57c smoothly go over the annular protrusion 50e, and the inner annular protrusion 57 engages with the flat lower surface of the annular protrusion 50e.

On the other hand, in the bottle mouth part 50a, as shown in FIG. 15, since the inner cylinder part 53 has a length that extends into the bottle body part 50d, the bottom lid B exceeds the throat part 50c in the bottle, The bottom lid opening portion 62 is restored to the open state and engaged with the lower surface of the throat portion 50c.
In this state, the bottle mouth portion 50a is sealed.

  When the cap body A thus sealed is turned in the opening direction, the anti-slip surface layer portion 51b having the knurling 51a is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the outer cylinder portion 51 as in the case of the second embodiment. Therefore, the anti-slip effect during the opening operation is good and finger pain can be alleviated. As shown in FIG. 16, the upper part of the outer cylinder part 51 above the notch 55 can be raised, but the lower peripheral edge part 56 below the notch 55 has an inner annular protrusion 57 of the annular convex part 50e. Since it is engaged with the lower surface, it cannot be lifted and remains separated from the upper portion at the cut 55.

  Therefore, since the cap body A cannot be turned unless a force is applied to force such separation, the sealed state can be reliably maintained.

  On the other hand, in the bottle mouth portion 50a, when the cap body A is turned in the opening direction, the inner cylinder portion 53 rises while rotating, whereas the bottom lid B has a throat with the bottom lid opening portion 62 opened. Since it is engaged with the lower surface of the portion 50c, it cannot be raised, and the bottom lid B comes off and falls off from the ascending inner cylinder portion 53 as shown in FIG. If this falls off, the raw material C in the inner cylinder part 53 will be ejected at a stretch together with the pressure gas, and the bottom lid B will settle in the liquid in the bottle 50. Since there is the protrusion 61 on the lower surface of the bottom lid B, the bottom lid B does not sink while shaking greatly.

  Since the bottom cover B that has fallen out has an outer diameter of the bottom cover opening part 62 restored to the open state is larger than the inner diameter of the bottle mouth part 50a, it does not pass through the bottle mouth part 50a and escape out of the bottle.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 17, if the protrusion 50f is formed in the periphery of the throat part 50c in a bottle, since the bottom cover opening part 62 of the bottom cover B will engage with this, the fall of the bottom cover B will be ensured. Yes.

  Further, the bottom lid opening portion 62 is not formed in an annular shape, but may be constituted by a plurality of claw portions 66 having spring properties divided in the circumferential direction as shown in FIG. These claw portions 66 project radially and integrally from the outer peripheral surface of the annular recess 60 obliquely upward.

  Further, with respect to the cap body A, in Example 3, the inner annular protrusion 57 having a spring property in which a large number of tooth portions 57a are formed is formed on the lower peripheral edge of the outer cylinder portion 51. The structure shown in FIG. It may be. That is, while the inner peripheral surface of the lower peripheral edge portion 56 below the notch 55 of the outer cylinder portion 51 is an inclined surface, an annular step portion 51d is formed on the upper side thereof, and in the sealed state of the cap body A, the lower peripheral edge portion 56 is When the annular step 51d is engaged with the annular protrusion 50e beyond the annular protrusion 50e of the bottle mouth portion 50a, the cap body A is separated from the notch 55 up and down when the cap body A is opened. ing.

Next, Example 4 shown in FIGS. 20 to 22 will be described.
The bottle cap according to the fourth embodiment is a single part formed by integrally molding a resin-molded cap body A and a disk-shaped upper lid D, and a sheet material E is stuck on the upper lid D as necessary.

  As in the case of the second embodiment, the cap body A includes an outer cylinder part 51, a ceiling part 52 having a circular raw material inlet 52a, an inner cylinder part 53 depending from the ceiling part 52, and a bottom at the bottom thereof. The lid portion 54 is integrally formed, but on the outer peripheral surface of the outer cylinder portion 51, as in the second embodiment, a non-slip surface layer portion 51b having a knurled (longitudinal) 51a on the entire circumference is soft. The synthetic resin is integrally formed with the outer cylinder portion 51 which is a hard synthetic resin by simultaneous molding. On the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder portion 51, a screw 51c that is screwed with a screw 50b provided on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion 50a of the bottle 50 is formed. Further, by forming a thin notch 55 over the entire circumference in the lower peripheral edge portion of the outer cylinder portion 51, a portion above the notch 55 can be forcibly separated from the lower annular lower peripheral edge portion 56. It has become. The inner peripheral surface of the lower peripheral edge portion 56 below the notch 55 of the outer cylinder portion 51 is an inclined surface, and an annular step portion 51d is formed on the upper surface thereof.

  As in the case of the second embodiment, the inner cylinder portion 53 is integrally suspended from the peripheral edge of the raw material charging port 52a of the ceiling portion 52 by forming a stepped portion 52b around the opening peripheral edge, and from the inside of the bottle mouth portion 50a. It has a length that extends beyond the throat 50c in the bottle and into the bottle body 50d. The upper portion 53a of the inner cylinder portion 53 is sized such that its outer peripheral surface is in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the bottle mouth portion 50a, but the intermediate portion 53b is gradually narrowed downward, and the lower portion 53c is The size is such that a gap is formed between the inner peripheral surface of the bottle mouth portion 50a and the throat portion 50c in the bottle.

  The bottom cover part 54 is integrated with the inner cylinder part 53 so as to close the lower end of the inner cylinder part 53, but can be separated from the inner cylinder part 53 by a cut 54 formed on the outer peripheral surface. . The notch 54 has a shape with an enlarged mouth. An engaging protrusion 54b having an outer peripheral surface as an inclined surface is integrally formed as a bottom lid opening portion on the lower side of the notch 54 by gradually reducing the thickness downward.

  The upper lid D is disc-shaped and has a stepped portion 67 on the periphery of the lower surface thereof as in the case of the second embodiment. However, the ceiling portion 52 and a part of the cap body A are integrally connected as a hinge portion 52c. Thus, the cap body A is integrally formed. Since the hinge part 52c is limited and formed, it can be elastically deformed, and the upper lid D can be opened and closed with respect to the raw material charging port 52a. The upper lid D is also fitted with the stepped portion 67 and the stepped portion 52b at the periphery of the opening of the raw material charging port 52a, and the fitting portion is adhered and sealed with an adhesive (for example, hot melt). And the sheet | seat material E is stuck from the top, and the upper surface of the upper cover D is covered with the surrounding ceiling part upper surface.

  On the other hand, on the inner peripheral surface of the throat portion 50c in the bottle, an engagement protrusion 50g having an inner peripheral surface as an inclined surface is formed integrally by gradually increasing the thickness downward.

  In order to attach the bottle cap of the fourth embodiment to the mouth portion 50a of the bottle 50, the screw 51c of the outer cylinder portion 51 is connected to the bottle mouth portion while turning the cap body A in the sealing direction as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 22, the annular stepped portion 51d on the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder portion 51 is forced to the point where it exceeds the annular convex portion 50e on the outer peripheral surface of the bottle mouth portion 50a. To screw. At this time, since the inner peripheral surface of the lower peripheral edge portion 56 of the outer cylindrical portion 51 is an inclined surface, the annular convex portion 50e is smoothly overcome, and the annular step portion 51d is engaged with the flat lower surface of the annular convex portion 50e. .

  At this time, in the bottle mouth portion 50a, the inclined protrusion of the outer peripheral engagement protrusion (bottom cover opening portion) 54b on the outer periphery of the bottom lid portion 54 is close to the end, and the inner peripheral engagement protrusion of the throat portion 50c of the bottle 50 While sliding on the inclined surface of the portion 50g, the inclined surface of the engaging protrusion 50g is crossed, and finally, as shown in FIG. 22, the engaging protrusion 54b of the bottom lid portion 54 is below the engaging protrusion 50g. The engaging projection 50g of the throat portion 50c slightly enters the mouth where the notch 54a of the bottom lid portion 54 is widened. In this state, the bottle mouth portion 50a is sealed.

  When the cap body A thus sealed is turned in the opening direction, the anti-slip surface layer portion 51b having the knurling 51a is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the outer cylinder portion 51 as in the case of the second embodiment. Therefore, the anti-slip effect during the opening operation is good and finger pain can be alleviated. Also in the case of the fourth embodiment, the upper portion of the outer cylinder portion 51 above the notch 55 can be raised, but the lower peripheral edge portion 56 below the notch 55 has an annular step portion 51d of the annular convex portion 50e. Since it is engaged with the lower surface, it cannot be lifted and remains separated from the upper portion at the cut 55.

  On the other hand, in the bottle mouth portion 50a, when the cap main body A is turned in the opening direction, the inner cylinder portion 53 rises while rotating, whereas the bottom lid portion 54 has an engaging projection 54b of the throat portion 50c. Since it is engaged with the lower surface of the engaging projection 50g, it cannot be raised, and the bottom lid 54 is separated from the inner cylinder 53 that is further raised by the cut 54a and falls off.

  The bottom cover part 54 that has fallen out has an engagement protrusion 54b larger than the inner diameter of the throat part 50c, and therefore does not pass out of the bottle mouth part 50a and out of the bottle.

  The fifth embodiment is applied to a normal bottle cap having no raw material storage portion as described above, and the cap body 71 is formed by integrally molding a barrel portion 72 and a ceiling portion 73 serving as a knob portion with a hard synthetic resin. However, a non-slip surface layer portion 71b having a vertical cross-section knurled 71a having a small cross-sectional triangle on the outer peripheral surface of the barrel portion 72 is formed simultaneously with the barrel portion 72, which is a hard synthetic resin, by a soft synthetic resin. Are integrally formed. An annular band 73 fixed to the mouth of the bottle is integrally formed with the barrel 72 so as to be separably connected to the lower peripheral edge of the barrel 72. That is, the trunk portion 72 and the band portion 73 are only slightly connected together by a bridge 74 that is a small connecting portion, and are separated when the bridge 74 is cut. Further, a small concave portion 75a is provided at the lower peripheral edge of the body portion 72, and a small convex portion 75b is provided at a plurality of locations on the band portion 73, and the concave portion 75a and the convex portion 75b are fitted to each other. Note that the body portion 72 and the band portion 73 may be integrally connected with each other so that the concave portion 75a and the convex portion 75b also serve as the bridge 74.

  In the embodiment described above, the outer cylindrical portion or the trunk portion 76 of the cap body serving as the knob portion is formed in a cylindrical shape. However, as shown in FIG. 24, for example, a polygonal cylindrical shape such as a dodecagon is formed, and a knurl ( If the non-slip surface layer portion 77b having the vertical stripes 77a on the entire circumference is integrally formed of a soft synthetic resin at the same time, the anti-slip effect is better than that of a cylindrical shape. Further, as shown in FIGS. If the shape of 77a is inclined in the direction opposite to the direction in which the cap body is opened, the anti-slip effect is further improved.

In the state before the assembly of Example 1 of the present invention, (A) is a perspective view, (B) is a sectional view. In the same state, (A) is a perspective view and (B) is a cross-sectional view. In the assembled state, (A) is a perspective view and (B) is a cross-sectional view. It is sectional drawing of the state set to the bottle of the prior art example. The bottle cap of Example 2 of this invention is shown, (A) is a perspective view, (B) is sectional drawing. It is the bottom view. FIG. It is sectional drawing of the state in the middle of mounting | wearing with a bottle. It is sectional drawing after the mounting | wearing. It is sectional drawing of the state at the time of the opening. The modification of Example 2 is shown, A) is a perspective view, (B) is sectional drawing. In the assembly state of the cap main body and bottom cover of the bottle cap of Example 3 of this invention, (A) is a perspective view, (B) is sectional drawing. The cap main body and a bottom cover are separated perspective views, and the cap main body is shown in cross section. It is sectional drawing of the state in the middle of mounting | wearing with a bottle in the assembly state of FIG. It is sectional drawing after the mounting | wearing. It is sectional drawing of the state at the time of the opening. It is sectional drawing in the bottle mounting state of the modification of Example 3. It is a perspective view of the modification of a bottom cover. It is sectional drawing of the modification which isolate | separates a cap main body up and down at the time of opening. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional perspective view of a bottle cap of Example 4. It is sectional drawing of the state in the middle of mounting | wearing the bottle cap of Example 4 with a bottle. It is sectional drawing after the mounting | wearing. 10 is a front view of Example 5. FIG. It is a top view of Example 6 which made the outer cylinder part or trunk | drum part of the cap main body used as a pick part polygonal cylinder shape. It is a schematic diagram of the modification which made the shape of a knurl incline in the direction opposite to the rotation direction which opens a cap main body. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Parent cap 2 Child cap 3 Bottom lid 8b Body part 8f Knurl 8g Non-slip surface layer part 9 Inner cylinder A Cap main body 50 Bottle 51 Outer cylinder part 51a Knurl 51b Non-slip surface layer part 53 Inner cylinder part 54 Bottom lid part B Bottom Lid 71 Cap body 71a Knurl 71b Non-slip surface layer 73 Body 77a Knurl 77b Non-slip surface layer

Claims (9)

A parent cap (1) having an outer cylinder (6) to be inserted into the mouth part (50a) of the bottle (50), and an inner cylinder (9) to be inserted into the outer cylinder (6) and serving as a raw material storage part are provided. A cap (2) and a bottom lid (3) for sealing the lower end opening of the inner cylinder (9), and the parent cap (1) is put on the mouth (50a) of the bottle (50), By screwing the child cap (2) into the outer cylinder (6) of the parent cap (1), the mouth (50a) of the bottle (50) can be sealed together with the upper end opening of the outer cylinder (6). By rotating the child cap (2) in the opening direction with respect to the outer cylinder (6) of the parent cap (1), the bottom cover (3) is removed from the inner cylinder (9) by the outer cylinder (6) of the parent cap (1). In the bottle cap that is dropped and the raw material in the inner cylinder (9) is released into the bottle (50),
The bottom lid (3) includes a pressing portion (3a) having a convex surface on the upper surface and a concave surface on the lower surface, and an annular recess (3c) that forms an annular groove (3b) with the periphery of the pressing portion (3a), A projection (3d) projecting downward from the center of the lower surface of the pushing portion (3a) is integrally molded, and the lower end of the inner cylinder (9) is forcibly inserted into the annular groove (3b). And the lower end opening of the inner cylinder (9) is sealed by pushing the pushing portion (3a) into the inner cylinder (9),
Further, when the upper end opening of the outer cylinder (6) is closed with the child cap (2) on the lower surface of the top portion of the child cap (2), the outer cap (2) is press-fitted into the upper end opening, and the body portion (8b) of the child cap (2). A bottle cap characterized by projecting a sealing ring (10) that sandwiches the upper end opening of the outer cylinder (6).   The body portion (8b) serving as a knob portion of the child cap (2) is made of a hard synthetic resin, and a non-slip surface layer portion (8g) made of a soft synthetic resin is integrally formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof. The bottle cap according to 1. An outer cylinder part (51) in which a cap body (A) is formed on the inner periphery with a screw (51c) screwed into an outer screw (50d) of the mouth part (50a) of the bottle (50), and the bottle (50) A ceiling portion (52) that seals the opening of the mouth portion (50a), an inner cylinder portion (53) that hangs down from the ceiling portion (52) and serves as a raw material storage portion, and the inner cylinder portion (53) A bottom lid portion (54) that is integrally molded and separably closes the lower end opening thereof, and a notch (54a) is formed between the bottom lid portion (54) and the inner cylinder portion (53). And the bottom lid (54) is formed with an elastically deformable opening projection (66),
When the cap body (A) is rotated in the sealing direction and the inner cylinder part (53) is inserted into the mouth part (50a) of the bottle (50), the opening protrusion (66) is elastically deformed. When the bottom lid (B) is inserted into the bottle (50) and the opening projection (66) exceeds the throat (50c) in the bottle (50), it engages with the throat (50c), and the cap When the main body (A) is rotated in the opening direction and the inner cylinder part (53) is pulled out from the mouth part (50a) of the bottle (50), the opening protrusion (66) becomes the throat in the bottle (50). By engaging with the portion (50c), the bottom lid portion (54) is restricted from rising, and the bottom lid portion (54) is separated from the lower end of the inner cylinder portion (53) at the notch (54a). By opening the lower end of the part (53), the raw material in the inner cylinder part (53) is discharged into the bottle (50). Bottle cap, characterized in that it Tsu.   The raw material inlet (52a) for the inner cylinder part is formed in the ceiling part (52) of the cap body (A), and the raw material inlet (52a) is sealed with an upper lid (D). Bottle cap as described in.   The upper lid (D) is integrally formed with the cap main body (A) continuously with the ceiling (52) of the cap main body (A) by the elastically deformable hinge part (52c). The bottle cap according to claim 4.   The outer cylinder part (51) used as the knob | pick part of a cap main body (A) is made into hard synthetic resin, and the surface layer part (51b) for slip prevention by soft synthetic resin was integrally formed in the outer peripheral surface. Item 6. The bottle cap according to item 3, 4 or 5. An outer cylinder part (51) in which a cap body (A) is formed on the inner periphery with a screw (51c) screwed into an outer screw (50d) of the mouth part (50a) of the bottle (50), and the bottle (50) A ceiling portion (52) that seals the opening of the mouth portion (50a), and an inner cylinder portion (53) that hangs down from the ceiling portion (52) and serves as a raw material storage portion. 53), an annular recess (60) capable of press-fitting the lower end of the inner cylinder part (53) is formed on the periphery of the bottom cover part (B) which is molded separately from the lower end opening so as to be separable. In addition, a packing (63) made of a material softer than the annular recess (60) is provided in the annular recess (60) by simultaneous molding with the annular recess (60). Is compressed by press-fitting the lower end of the inner cylindrical portion (53) into the annular recess (60). , Elastically deformable unsealing projection (62) is formed on the bottom lid (B),
When the cap body (A) is rotated in the sealing direction and the inner cylinder part (53) is inserted into the mouth part (50a) of the bottle (50), the opening protrusion (62) is in an elastically deformed state. When the bottom lid (B) is inserted into the bottle (50) and the opening projection (62) exceeds the throat (50c) in the bottle (50), it engages with the throat (50c), and the cap When the main body (A) is rotated in the opening direction and the inner cylinder part (53) is pulled out from the mouth part (50a) of the bottle (50), the opening protrusion (62) becomes the throat in the bottle (50). By engaging with the portion (50c), the bottom lid portion (B) is restricted from rising, and the lower end of the inner cylinder portion (53) is extracted from the annular recess (60) of the bottom lid portion (B), When the bottom lid part (B) is separated from the lower end of the inner cylinder part (53) and the lower end of the inner cylinder part (53) is opened, the original in the inner cylinder part (53) is formed. There bottle cap, characterized in that is released into the bottle (50).   The bottle cap according to claim 7, wherein a part of the packing (63) protrudes from the inner surface of the annular recess (60) and is embedded in the annular recess (60).   The outer cylinder part (51) used as the knob | pick part of a cap main body (A) is made into hard synthetic resin, and the surface layer part (51b) for slip prevention by soft synthetic resin was integrally formed in the outer peripheral surface. Item 9. The bottle cap according to Item 7 or 8.