JP2007001651A - Container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container capable of dissolving a solute during the use. <P>SOLUTION: The container is equipped with a mouth part O formed at the upper end of a container body 3, a holding member 12 to cover the mouth part O, a solid tea extract (solute) 4 placed on the holding member 12, and a pushing part (breaking member) 13 which abuts on the holding member 12 to break the holding member 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a container in which a solvent such as drinking water and a solute such as a liquid or solid or semi-solid tea extract are separated and stored.

Conventionally, tea beverage PET bottles (containers) are sold in a state in which a tea extract is dissolved in drinking water and filled in the container body, and the mouth of the container body is closed with a cap. When consumers drink this tea, they unscrewed the cap and opened the mouth of the container body, drinking tea drinks.
However, such conventional tea beverages are made by mixing tea extract, which is a solute, and drinking water, which is a solvent, in a manufacturing process and filling them into a plastic bottle. The aroma and flavor of tea deteriorate over time. Therefore, when a consumer purchases the tea bottle, there is a problem that the quality of the tea beverage at the time of manufacture cannot be maintained.
To cope with this, a method of separately holding a container filled with drinking water and a solid tea extract (solute) and dissolving the tea extract in the drinking water in the container when drinking is conceivable.

However, in such a method, since the container filled with drinking water and the tea extract are carried separately, there is a risk that one of them will be lost. In particular, the tea extract is small compared to the container, so there is a high possibility that it will be lost, and there may be a problem that the tea drink cannot be taken when necessary.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a container capable of dissolving a solute during use.

Therefore, the invention described in claim 1 is a container storing a solvent,
A mouth portion formed at the upper end of the container body, a holding member covering the mouth portion, a solute placed on the holding member, and a breaking member that contacts the holding member and breaks the holding member. It is characterized by providing.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the container according to the first aspect, a cylindrical portion that is provided continuously upward from the holding member and has an external thread formed on an outer periphery thereof, and an external thread of the cylindrical portion A cap formed on the inner surface with a female screw that engages with
The breaking member is characterized in that an upper end of the breaking member can be brought into contact with the inner side of the top surface of the cap, and a lower end of the breaking member can be brought into contact with the holding member.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the container according to the second aspect, a spacer for preventing the rotation of the cap is provided on the edge of the cap in a detachable manner.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the container according to the third aspect, the breaking member includes a cylinder whose lower end is obliquely cut and a pressing plate that covers the upper end of the cylinder.

According to invention of Claim 1, it is the container which stored the solvent, Comprising: The opening part formed in the upper end of a container main body, The holding member which covers the opening part, It was mounted on the holding member Since the solute and the breaking member that contacts the holding member and breaks the holding member are provided, it is possible to save the trouble of separately holding the solute and the solvent and to avoid the risk of losing either one. Moreover, since the solute is dropped into the solvent by breaking the holding member with the breaking member, the solute can be mixed with the solvent with a simple configuration.
Furthermore, the container which can melt | dissolve a solute at the time of use can be provided, and it can drink or use immediately in the state which mixed the solute and the solvent.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the cylindrical portion that is provided continuously upward from the holding member and has a male screw formed on the outer periphery thereof, and the female screw that engages with the male screw of the cylindrical portion are provided inside. A cap formed on a side surface, and the destruction member is provided with an upper end of the destruction member capable of contacting the inner surface of the top of the cap and a lower end of the destruction member capable of contacting the holding member. The destructive member is pushed downward by turning in, and the destructive member that is pushed in pushes and destroys the holding member, so that the solute can be easily mixed with the solvent.

  According to the third aspect of the invention, since the spacer for preventing the rotation of the cap is provided at the edge of the cap so as to be peeled off, the cap can be turned only when the spacer is peeled off. It is possible to prevent the holding member from being destroyed by rotating the cap in advance.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, since the breaking member includes a cylinder whose lower end is obliquely cut and a pressing plate that covers the upper end of the cylinder, the holding member can be broken with a simple configuration. .

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a beverage container provided with a tea extract in a solid state on the top of the container as an example of the container of the present invention.
The container 1 includes a container body 3 that stores drinking water (solvent) 2, a holding body 6 that engages with the upper end of the container body 3, a cap 5 that engages with the upper part of the holding body 6, and the like. In addition, a solid tea extract (solute) 4 is provided inside the cap 5.

In FIG. 2, the upper expanded sectional view of the container 1 is shown.
The container body 3 is formed of PET or the like, and a male screw is formed on the outer periphery of the upper part of the container body 3.
The holding body 6 is formed by integral molding of resin. The holding body 6 is a cylindrical holding body lower part 6A, a donut plate-like holding body middle part 6B formed continuously at the upper end of the holding body lower part 6A, and a standing up from the inner edge of the holding body middle part 6B. The upper part 6C of the holding body provided as a target and the disc-like holding member 12 provided continuously via the thin part 12A which can be broken at the inner edge of the holding part middle part 6B. The thin portion 12 is formed on the outer edge of the holding member 12 over the entire circumference.
A female screw that engages with a male screw formed on the outer periphery of the upper portion of the container body 3 is provided on the inner periphery of the holding member lower portion 6A. On the other hand, a male screw is provided on the outer periphery of the holding body upper portion (cylindrical portion) 6C.

The cap 5 is formed by integral molding of resin. The cap 5 includes a cap body 10 and a pilfer band (spacer) 11. The pilfer band 11 is formed continuously with the cap body 10 via a thin connecting portion 11A that can be broken.
The cap body 10 includes a cylindrical cap side portion 10S and a cap top portion 10U formed in a disk shape continuously with the upper end of the cap side portion 10S so as to close the opening at the upper end of the cap side portion 10S. The A female screw that engages with a male screw provided on the outer periphery of the holding body upper portion 6C is provided on the lower inner periphery of the cap side portion 10S.

  The pilfer band 11 is provided in an annular shape along the lower end of the cap side portion 10S, and it is desirable to provide a knob for facilitating the peeling of the pilfer band 11 in a part of the ring. The pilfer band 11 serves as a stopper for preventing the cap 5 from being screwed unnecessarily, and the cap 5 is arranged so that the lower end of the pilfer band 11 is in contact with the middle part 6B of the holding body. It is desirable to be installed.

A push-in part (destructive member) 13 is provided inside the cap 5. The push-in part 13 is formed by integral molding of resin.
As shown in FIG. 3, the push-in part 13 includes a lower cylinder 13A having a lower end 13D obliquely cut, an upper cylinder 13B provided continuously to the lower cylinder 13A, and a disk-shaped covering the upper end of the upper cylinder 13B. It consists of a pressing plate 13C.
The inner diameter of the lower cylinder 13A and the inner diameter of the upper cylinder 13B are the same, while the outer diameter of the lower cylinder 13A is smaller than the outer diameter of the upper cylinder 13B. The diameter of the pressing plate 13C is formed larger than the outer diameter of the upper cylinder 13B.

Then, the tea extract 4 is placed on the holding member 12. At this time, the tea extract 4 is disposed so as to be inside the push-in part 13.
The pushing part 13 is disposed so that the pressing plate 13C comes into contact with the inner side surface of the cap top portion 10U and the lower end 13D of the lower cylinder 13A comes into contact with the holding member 12.

A method for preparing a tea beverage in the container 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, the knob of the pilfer band 11 is pinched by hand and the pilfer band 11 is peeled off from the cap 5. Next, the cap body 10 is screwed. Then, the cap top part 10U presses the top surface 13U of the pressing plate 13C of the pressing part 13, and the pressing part 13 is pressed down. As a result, the lower end 13D of the lower cylinder 13A that is in contact with the holding member 12 presses the left side portion of the holding member 12 in the figure to apply a pressing load to the thin portion 12A. Thereby, fracture | rupture progresses from the thin part 12A of the left side part.

  When the cap body 10 is further screwed in, the lower end 13D comes into contact with the thin portion 12A in the right portion, but the thin portion 12A in the left portion is already broken to become a free end, so that the holding member 12 is thin in the right portion. It hangs down in the direction of the arrow with the portion 12A as a fulcrum, and is supported by the holding body middle portion 6B (FIG. 4).

Thus, the tea extract 4 falls into the drinking water 2 by breaking the thin-walled portion 12 </ b> A of the left side portion of the holding member 12.
Then, the container 1 is held by hand and shaken, and the tea extract 4 is dissolved in the drinking water 2 to prepare a tea beverage.
When the tea extract 4 is dissolved, the holding body 6 is separated from the container body 3 while grasping and twisting the holding body lower part 6A, the mouth O is exposed at the upper end of the container body 3, and the tea extract 4 is discharged from the mouth O. Drink tea drink prepared by dissolving.
Thus, when the container of this example is used, the tea beverage is prepared at the time of drinking, so that the original taste can be tasted without impairing the flavor and quality.

As described above in detail, the container 1 of the present invention includes a mouth portion O formed at the upper end of the container 1, a holding member 12 that covers the mouth portion O, and a solid member placed on the holding member 12. A tea extract (solute) 4 and a pressing part (breaking member) 13 that contacts the holding member 12 and breaks the holding member 12 are provided.
Further, a holding body upper portion (cylindrical portion) 6C provided continuously upward from the holding member 12 and having a male screw formed on the outer periphery thereof, and a female screw engaged with the male screw of the holding body upper portion 6C are provided on the inner surface. The pushing part 13 has an upper end (pressing plate 13C) that can be brought into contact with the inside of the top surface 10U of the cap 5, and a lower end 13D of the pushing part 13 that is held by the pushing part 13. It is provided so as to be able to contact the member 12.

Further, a pilfer band (spacer) 11 for preventing the rotation of the cap 5 is provided on the edge of the cap 5 so as to be peelable.
In addition, the push-in part 13 includes a cylinder (lower cylinder 13A) whose lower end 13D is obliquely cut and a pressing plate 13C that covers the upper end of the cylinder (upper cylinder 13B).

In the above example, the tea extract 4 is used as the solute constituting the tea beverage and the drinking water 1 is used as the solvent. However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, a solid vitamin agent as the solute, A sweetened beverage, an alcoholic beverage or the like may be used as a solvent such as a supplement.
In the above-described example, the container body 3 is formed of PET, and the cap 5 and the holding body 6 are formed of resin. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be formed of aluminum, steel, or the like.

It is sectional drawing of a container provided with the tea extract which shows an example of the container of this invention. It is an expanded sectional view of the cap vicinity of FIG. It is a perspective view of a pushing part. It is a figure which shows the state which dropped the tea extract of the container of FIG. 1 in drinking water.

Explanation of symbols

1 container 2 drinking water (solvent)
3 Container body 4 Tea extract (solute)
5 Cap 6 Holding body 6A Holding body lower part 6B Holding body middle part 6C Holding body upper part 10 Cap body 10S Cap side part 10U Cap top part 11 Pilfer band (stopper)
11A Thin-walled connecting part 12A Thin-walled part 12 Holding member 13 Push-in part (destructive member)
13A Lower cylinder 13B Upper cylinder 13C Pushing plate 13D Lower end O Port

Claims (4)

A container storing a solvent,
A mouth portion formed at the upper end of the container body, a holding member covering the mouth portion, a solute placed on the holding member, and a breaking member that contacts the holding member and breaks the holding member. A container characterized by comprising. A cylindrical portion provided continuously upward with the holding member and having a male screw formed on the outer periphery, and a cap having a female screw that engages with the male screw of the cylindrical portion formed on the inner surface,
2. The breaker member is provided such that an upper end of the breaker member can be brought into contact with an inner side of the top surface of the cap and a lower end of the breaker member can be brought into contact with the holding member. Container as described in.   The container according to claim 2, wherein a spacer for preventing rotation of the cap is provided on an edge of the cap so as to be peelable.   The container according to claim 3, wherein the breaking member includes a cylinder whose lower end is obliquely cut and a pressing plate that covers the upper end of the cylinder.

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