JP2006151449A - Cap - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To propose a cap capable of storing an storing article separately under a separated condition from another storing article in a mounted container B, mixing both articles by a simple operation when they are used, performing surely to mix two storing articles, and stirring the mixture without leaking outside the container. <P>SOLUTION: The cap is provided with a lid member 2 whose storing cylinder part 7 is hung down in an opening part 4 of the container, and a bottom lid member 3 in which a bottom lid 13 fitted on the lower end of the storing cylinder part 7 is openably/closeably connected to the lower end part of a supporting cylinder part 14 fitted to the opening part of the container through a hinge 15. In the cap, an elevation regulating means describing a screwing elevation width of the lid member to the bottom lid member is provided, and fitting of the bottom lid is disconnected and the storing room R is opened when the lid member regulated by the elevation regulating means is elevated at the maximum. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cap.

  A bottle cap has been proposed in which the liquid in the bottle can be made into various beverages by being attached to the mouth of the bottle. (For example, see Patent Document 1)

The cap is detachable from the mouth for drinks such as plastic bottles, has an inner cylinder with a bottom lid that is inserted inside the mouth of the bottle, and is mixed with water to make juice, tea, coffee A cap main body packed with an element of a beverage to be a variety of beverages in the inner cylinder portion, and the cap main body assembled to the cap main body so as to be able to be screwed down. The base of the beverage is opened, and the beverage element packed in the inner cylinder part is composed of a cap sub-body that allows the beverage to fall into the bottle from the inner cylinder part.
JP 2004-83022 A

  The cap is excellent in that the contents stored in the cap can be mixed with the contents stored in the bottle at the time of use. However, as described above, the cap sub-body is screwed down and the cylindrical claw piece at the lower end thereof is used. Since it is configured to open the bottom lid by cutting the thin part around the bottom lid, it usually works so that the bottom lid opens with the weight of the contents in the cap sub-body, but sometimes the bottom lid area around There is a possibility that the nail pieces that have digged into the mating part will be fitted with the cut bottom cover part and the bottom cover will not open.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can reliably open the bottom lid to reliably drop the stored item in the cap into the bottle, and after mixing the stored item. The present invention proposes a cap that can be sufficiently stirred without leakage and that is easy to open. Moreover, the cap which has the advantage which can express the unused of the mounted container is proposed.

  As a first means, a lid member 2 having a top wall 6 extending from an upper end edge of a peripheral wall 5 screwed to the outer periphery of the mouth portion 4 of the container B, and a storage cylinder portion 7 suspended from the back surface of the top wall; The bottom cover 13 defining the storage chamber R in the storage cylinder part by closing the lower end opening of the storage cylinder part and fitting in the lower end part thereof is fitted in the mouth and the inner periphery is A bottom lid member 3 is connected to a lower end portion of a support cylinder portion 14 into which a storage cylinder portion is slidably fitted via a hinge 15 so as to be openable and closable. The cap is configured such that the storage chamber is opened by removing the lid from the storage cylinder portion, and includes a rising restriction means for restricting a screw rise width of the lid member with respect to the bottom lid member, and the rising restriction means The bottom cover is disengaged when the lid member regulated by the Configuration was.

  As a second means, in the first means, the bottom cover member 3 is configured such that the outer periphery of the upper large-diameter portion 14a is tightly fitted to the upper end portion of the mouth portion 4 and the inner periphery of the lower small-diameter portion 14b. The storage cylinder portion 7 is slidably fitted to the lower end portion, and a support cylinder portion 14 is connected to the lower end via a hinge 15 so as to be openable and closable. A locking ridge 17 that is provided on the outer peripheral upper portion of a cylindrical portion 18 from an upper surface of a flange 16 that extends from the upper end edge of the portion 14 on the mouth portion 4, and projects upward from the mouth portion of the cap peripheral wall 5. It comprised with the engaging protrusion 8 protrudingly provided in the partial inner periphery.

  As a third means, in the first means or the second means, a sealing ring 10 suspended from a lower end portion of the peripheral wall 5 via an easily cutable breaking portion 9 is used. It got over the outer periphery and engaged.

  The cap of the present invention is configured such that the bottom lid 13 is removed and the storage chamber R is opened by the screw rise of the lid member 2, so that the bottom lid cut as in the conventional product is fitted to the cutter blade and the storage chamber. There is no inconvenience that the opening is not performed sufficiently, the storage chamber is reliably opened, and the stored item falls into the container. In addition, there is provided a rise restricting means for restricting the screw lift width of the cover member 2 with respect to the bottom cover member 3, and the fitting of the bottom cover 13 is released when the cover member 2 restricted by the rise restricting means is raised to the maximum. Since R is opened, the predetermined rise until the bottom lid 13 is removed can be judged by touch, and the rise width can be suppressed to the minimum necessary, so that the sliding range of the storage cylinder part 7 and the support cylinder part 14 The bottom lid 13 can be detached, and as a result, the mixture of each stored item can be maintained in a sealed state, and if the container is shaken as it is, sufficient stirring can be performed, and the mixture needs sufficient stirring. It is extremely effective for. Further, the stored items in the container B and the stored items in the storage chamber R that have been mounted as before can be stored in a state separated until just before use.

  Further, the outer periphery of the upper large-diameter portion 14a is tightly fitted to the upper end portion in the mouth portion 4, and the storage cylinder portion 7 is slidably fitted to the inner periphery of the lower small-diameter portion 14b. The bottom cover member 3 having a support cylinder part 14 connected to the bottom cover 13 so as to be openable and closable via 15 is adopted, and the upper surface of the flange 16 extended above the mouth part 4 from the upper end edge of the support cylinder part 14 An upward restricting means comprising a locking protrusion 17 erected on the upper portion of the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 18 and an engaging protrusion 8 protruding on the inner periphery of the upper protruding portion of the cap peripheral wall 5. Is simple in structure, and has the convenience in use that the removal after mixing each stored item can be performed by forcibly unscrewing the lid member 2.

  Further, in the case where the sealing ring 10 is provided, it is possible to represent the unused state of the mounted container B, and to prevent mischief.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 3 show an example of the cap of the present invention. The cap A includes a lid member 2 and a bottom lid member 3, both of which are made of synthetic resin.

  The lid member 2 has a top wall 6 extending inwardly from an upper end portion of the peripheral wall 5 screwed to the outer periphery of the mouth portion 4 of the container B, and the storage cylinder portion 7 is suspended in the mouth portion 4 from the back surface of the top wall 6. Has been established. The peripheral wall 5 has an upper end projecting upward from the large-diameter portion screwed to the outer periphery of the mouth portion 4 with a small diameter, and an engaging protrusion that constitutes a rise restricting means, which will be described later, at the inner peripheral lower portion of the small-diameter portion. 8 is projecting. Further, a sealing ring 10 is suspended from the lower end portion of the peripheral wall 5 via an easily-breakable breaking portion 9, and an engaging ridge 11 projecting from the inner periphery of the sealing ring 10 is projected to the outer periphery of the container mouth 4. It is engaged with the lower surface of the locking protrusion 12 provided.

  The bottom cover member 3 closes the lower end opening of the storage cylinder part 7 and fits it to the lower end of the storage cylinder part 7 so that the bottom cover 13 defining the storage chamber R inside the storage cylinder part 7 is connected to the container mouth part. 4 is connected via a hinge 15 to a lower end portion of a support cylinder portion 14 which is fitted in the inner periphery 4 and slidably fitted in the storage cylinder portion 7 on the inner periphery. The storage cylinder 7 is configured with a large diameter at the top and a small diameter at the bottom, and the outer periphery of the upper large diameter portion 14a is tightly fitted to the upper inner periphery of the mouth portion 4, and the storage cylinder 7 is formed on the inner periphery of the lower diameter portion 14b. The lower outer periphery is slidably fitted. Further, a flange 16 extending from the upper end of the storage cylinder 7 is extended to the upper surface of the mouth 4, and further, a cylinder 18 is provided on the flange 16 with a locking projection 17 provided around the outer periphery. ing. The bottom cover 13 is provided with a fitting cylinder portion 19 that is fitted to the lower end portion of the inner periphery of the storage cylinder portion 7 at the peripheral edge of the upper surface, and the upper surface of the outer periphery of the fitting cylinder portion 19 is the lower surface of the storage cylinder portion 7. It is made to contact and fit.

  In the present invention, there is provided a rise restricting means for restricting a screw rise width of the lid member 2 with respect to the bottom lid member 3. When the lid member 2 regulated by the ascent regulating means is at its highest position, the bottom lid 13 is disengaged and the lower end of the storage chamber R is opened. In the illustrated example, the locking protrusion 17 of the cylindrical portion 18 and the engaging protrusion 8 of the cap peripheral wall 5 constitute a rise restricting means.

  The case where the cap A configured as described above is used will be described. First, the cap A filled with the stored item in the storage chamber R is screwed into the container B filled with the stored item. Various methods can be used to fill the storage chamber R with the stored items. For example, after the stored items are inserted into the storage cylinder portion 7 of the inverted lid member 2, the bottom lid 13 is fitted into the storage cylinder portion 7. This can be done by attaching the bottom lid member 3 while fitting. When the cap A is screwed to the mouth portion 4, the engaging protrusion 11 of the sealing ring 10 forcibly gets over the engaging protrusion 12 of the container mouth portion 4 and engages the lower surface thereof. As a storage thing filled in the storage chamber R of the container B and the cap A, a liquid thing or solid things, such as a powder and a granule, etc. can be stored.

  When the container is used, the lid member 2 is screwed up from the state shown in FIG. After the breakable portion 9 that is easy to cut is cut, the cover member 2 is raised by a normal screwing operation when the engaging ridge 8 reaches the lower surface of the locking ridge 17 of the cylindrical portion 18. Stops rising. At this time, the fitting cylinder part 19 is disengaged from the accommodating cylinder part 7 by the ascent of the accommodating cylinder part 7 as the lid member 2 is raised, and the lower end of the accommodating chamber R is opened as shown in FIG. The stored item in the chamber R falls into the container B and is mixed. At this time, since the storage cylinder 7 is closely fitted to the support cylinder 14, the liquid tightness in the container B is sufficiently maintained, and the mixture is sufficiently stirred by shaking the container B. Can do. After mixing, if the lid member 2 is forcibly unscrewed from the mouth part 4 of the container B, it can be removed except for being cut and the sealing ring 10 remaining in the container mouth part 4 as shown in FIG. Can use mixed items.

It is a half sectional view of the present invention cap. (Example 1) It is a principal part half sectional view of the state which opened the bottom cover of this invention cap. (Example 1) It is a principal part half section of the state where the present invention cap was removed after opening. (Example 1)

Explanation of symbols

2 ... lid member, 3 ... bottom lid member, 4 ... mouth part, 5 ... peripheral wall, 6 ... top wall, 7 ... storage cylinder part,
8 ... engagement ridge, 9 ... easy-cut breakable part, 10 ... sealing ring, 13 ... bottom cover, 14 ... support tube part, 14a ... large diameter part, 14b ... small diameter part, 15 ... hinge, 16 ... flange , 17 ... Locking ridges,
18 ... Control cylinder, A ... Cap, B ... Container, R ... Storage room

Claims (3)

  The top wall 6 extends from the upper end edge of the peripheral wall 5 screwed to the outer periphery of the mouth part 4 of the container B, and the lid member 2 has a storage cylinder part 7 suspended from the back surface of the top wall, and the storage cylinder part By closing the lower end opening and fitting the lower end portion, the bottom lid 13 defining the storage chamber R in the storage cylinder portion is fitted in the mouth portion, and the storage cylinder portion is slid on the inner periphery. A bottom cover member 3 connected to a lower end portion of the support cylinder portion 14 fitted to be able to be opened and closed via a hinge 15 is provided, and the bottom cover is moved into the storage cylinder portion by the screw rise of the cover member 2. The cap member is configured such that the storage chamber is opened from the cover member, and the lid member is provided with a rise restricting means for restricting a screw rise width of the lid member with respect to the bottom cover member, and is restricted by the lift restricting means. The bottom cover is disengaged at the highest rise of the housing and the storage chamber is opened. Cap to be.   The bottom lid member 3 has an upper periphery of the upper portion 4 in the mouth portion 4 tightly fitted on the outer periphery of the upper large-diameter portion 14a, and a slidably fitted fit on the inner periphery of the lower small-diameter portion 14b. A flange having a support cylinder portion 14 connected to the bottom lid 13 through a hinge 15 at a lower end portion thereof, the lift restricting means extending from the upper end edge of the support cylinder portion 14 above the mouth portion 4 16 comprises a locking ridge 17 erected from the upper surface of the cylindrical portion 18 and is provided around the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 18; and an engaging ridge 8 provided on the inner periphery of the upper protruding portion of the cap peripheral wall 5. The cap according to claim 1.   The sealing ring 10 suspended from the lower end portion of the peripheral wall 5 via the easily cutable breakage portion 9 climbs over and engages with the outer periphery of the mouth portion 4 of the container B. Cap.