JP2010173721A - Hinged cap - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hinged cap capable of preventing cooling water from invading from a flow path during cooling after heat filling. <P>SOLUTION: In the hinged cap mounted on the opening cylindrical part of a container and consisting of a cap body and an upper lid, the cap body is equipped with an engaging cylindrical part fitted to the opening cylindrical part of the container and a spouting cylinder. On the upper part of the engaging cylindrical part, a lid engaging part provided with an engaging face on the upper face, and provided with an expanding part on the outer periphery is projected. The upper lid is equipped with a top wall, an outer peripheral wall and a sealing ring. On the inner periphery of the lower end of the outer peripheral wall, an engaging face coming into contact with the upper face of the engaging face of the lid engaging part of the cap body, and an engaging projecting part to be engaged with the lower side face of the expanding part of the lid engaging part are provided. A communicating hole is provided at a specified position of the engaging face of the lid engaging part, and the communicating hole is formed by a shallow horizontal channel on which the engaging face is engraved and a vertical channel whose expanding part and outer peripheral face are cut out in continuation with the horizontal channel. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a hinge cap, and more particularly to a hinge cap that prevents the air pressure in the upper lid from rising due to the heat-sterilized contents liquid filled in the container and prevents the intrusion of cooling water.

  In a hinge cap filled with heated content liquid for sterilization, after filling the content liquid and plugging the hinge cap, sterilizing the inside of the container, then washing and cooling with a hot water shower from the outside of the container, It has been implemented conventionally.

  To prevent the top lid from opening, when the internal pressure in the cap rises, an air flow path is formed between the top lid and the cap body, allowing the air in the cap to escape outside the container, A cap that prevents an increase in internal pressure has also been known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2000-272648 A

  However, in the hinge cap described in Patent Document 1, since the air flow path is formed or closed by the air pressure in the cap, when the air pressure in the cap is high and the air flow path is formed, When cooling with a hot water shower from the outside of the container, the air pressure in the cap decreases, and there is a problem that the hot water is sucked into the cap together with the air before the air passage is closed.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a hinge cap that prevents the intrusion of cooling water from a flow passage during cooling after heating and filling.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a hinge cap that is attached to a mouth tube portion of a container as a hinge cap, and in which the cap body is fitted to the container mouth tube portion. An engaging cylinder part and a dispensing cylinder are provided, and an upper surface of the engaging cylinder part is provided with an engaging surface on the upper surface and a lid engaging part provided with a bulging part on the outer periphery, A top wall, an outer peripheral wall, and a sealing ring are provided, and an inner peripheral surface at a lower end of the outer peripheral wall has an engagement surface that comes into contact with the upper surface of the engagement surface of the lid engagement portion of the cap body, and An engagement protrusion is provided to engage with the lower side surface, and a flow hole is provided at a predetermined position of the engagement surface of the lid engagement portion. The flow hole includes a shallow horizontal groove formed with an engagement surface and a horizontal groove. Then, the structure characterized by being formed by the bulging part and the vertical groove which notched the outer peripheral surface is employ | adopted.

  As another embodiment of the flow hole, the flow hole is provided at the lower end of the outer peripheral wall of the upper lid instead of the lid engaging portion, and is engaged with a shallow horizontal groove formed on the engagement surface of the lower end so as to be orthogonal to the horizontal groove. A configuration characterized by comprising a longitudinal groove formed by cutting out the protrusion is adopted.

  A flow hole consisting of a shallow horizontal groove and a vertical groove following the horizontal groove is provided at a predetermined position on the lid engaging portion of the cap body or the outer peripheral wall of the upper lid. During cooling, liquid such as a hot water shower or a cooling water shower can be prevented from entering through the flow hole formed by the horizontal groove and the vertical groove.

It is a section elevation view of the present invention hinge cap. It is explanatory drawing of the hinge cap at the time of a lid closing, (a) is a sectional elevation view, (b) is a top view. It is explanatory drawing of the principal part in the AA line of FIG. 2, (a) is sectional drawing, (b) is a perspective view of a lid | cover engaging part. It is explanatory drawing of another Example.

  Next, the hinge cap of this invention is demonstrated with reference to drawings.

1 and 2, A is a cap main body to be plugged into the container, and B is an upper lid integrally formed with the cap main body A via a hinge C.
The container includes a mouth tube portion 1, a body portion 2, and a bottom portion, and an engagement protrusion 3 is provided on the outer periphery of the mouth tube portion 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the cap main body A includes an engagement tube portion 5, an extraction tube 6 connected to the inside of the engagement tube portion 5, and a constant interval on the outer periphery of the engagement tube portion 5. And an outer peripheral cylindrical portion 7 in which a hinge C is continuously provided at a predetermined position on the outer periphery of the upper end.

The engagement cylinder portion 5 includes a ring-shaped upper wall 8, an inner cylinder 9 suspended from the inner periphery of the upper wall 8, an outer cylinder 10 suspended from the outer periphery of the upper wall 8, and the upper wall 8. And a lid engaging portion 11 that engages with the upper lid B.
On the inner periphery of the outer cylinder 10 is provided an engagement protrusion 12 that engages with the engagement protrusion 3 of the mouth tube portion 1 of the container. The cap body A is attached to the mouth tube portion 1 of the container so that the mouth tube portion 1 of the container is sandwiched between the outer periphery and the inner periphery of the outer tube 10.

An annular bottom wall 13 is continuously provided inward from the lower end of the inner cylinder 9, and an extraction cylinder 6 is erected from the inner edge of the annular bottom wall 13.
The pouring tube 6 is provided with a bottom wall 14, and the bottom wall 14 is provided with a removal portion 16 that is partitioned by a thin weakened portion 15 for opening a spout, and the removal portion 16, a pull ring 17 is erected.
A pair of convex ribs 18 project from the inner periphery of the dispensing cylinder 6 on the peripheral surface on the hinge side.

  The outer periphery of the lower end of the outer cylinder 10 and the inner periphery of the lower end of the outer cylinder part 7 are connected pieces 19 provided on the opposite side of the hinge C of the outer cylinder part 7 and a plurality of breakable weakening pieces arranged at intervals. 20 are connected to each other.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the upper surface of the lid engaging portion 11 is a flat engaging surface 21, and a bulging portion 23 projects from the periphery of the upper end portion of the outer peripheral surface 22. The side is an engagement surface 23a.
The lid engaging portion 11 is provided with a plurality of flow holes 24 at appropriate intervals. The flow holes 24 include a horizontal groove 25 in which a predetermined portion of the engagement surface 21 on the upper surface is formed, and a horizontal groove 25. Following this, the bulging portion 23 and a longitudinal groove 26 formed by cutting out the outer peripheral surface 22 are formed.
The flow hole 24 is sized so that liquid does not accumulate, so that gas always passes.
In the embodiment, the depth (a) from the engagement surface 21 of the lateral groove 25 is about 0.2 mm, the depth (b) from the outer peripheral surface 22 of the vertical groove 26 is about 0.5 mm, and the width (c) is about It is 1.5 mm.
In addition, although a pair of flow holes 24 are provided at a fixed position away from the hinge, the position and number can be arbitrarily set.

The upper lid B includes a top wall 30 and an outer peripheral wall 31 suspended from the periphery of the top wall 30, and is inserted into the inner periphery of the pouring cylinder 6 of the cap body A on the lower surface of the top wall 30. A sealing ring 32 is suspended.
The inner peripheral lower end of the outer peripheral wall 31 is enlarged in diameter, and an engaging portion 33 that engages with the lid engaging portion 11 of the engaging cylinder portion 5 of the cap main body A is provided. Are provided, and a knob 34 projects from the opposite side of the hinge.

As shown in FIG. 2, the engaging portion 33 includes an upper inner surface 33 a that contacts and engages with the engaging surface 21 of the lid engaging portion 11 of the cap main body A when the cap is closed, and the bulging of the lid engaging portion 11. It is formed from a side inner surface 33 b that engages with the outer periphery of the portion 23.
At the lower end of the side inner surface 33b, an engagement protrusion 35 that engages with the engagement surface 23a below the bulging portion 23 of the lid engagement portion 11 of the cap body A is provided.

Next, the effect of the hinge cap of this embodiment will be described.
When the engaging portion 33 of the upper lid B and the lid engaging portion 11 of the cap body A are engaged and the upper lid B is closed with respect to the cap body A, the inside of the cap communicates with the outside through the circulation hole 24. .

In filling the content liquid, the heated content liquid is filled in the container, and a closed hinge cap is plugged into the container mouth tube portion 1 from above.
At the time of tapping, a strong pressing force is applied from the upper part of the upper cover B of the hinge cap, and the upper cover B is pressed against the cap body A and descends.

  After the stoppering, the inside of the container is sterilized by the heat-sterilized content liquid, and then a hot water shower or a cooling shower is applied from the outside of the container and cooled.

The hinge cap is cooled by the cooling water, but even if a hot water shower or cooling water is applied, the inside of the cap has the same pressure as the outside air due to the horizontal groove 25 and the vertical groove 26 of the circulation hole 24. Do not draw liquid.
At that time, the flow hole 24 restricts the inflow of the liquid in two stages of the vertical groove 26 and the horizontal groove 25, so that the liquid can be effectively prevented from entering.

Next, another embodiment of the flow hole will be described.
In the previous embodiment, the flow hole is provided in the lid engaging portion 11 of the cap body A, but in this embodiment, the flow hole is provided in the lower end portion of the outer peripheral wall 31 of the upper lid B.
As shown in FIG. 4, the flow hole 40 has a lateral groove 41 carved at a predetermined position on the upper inner surface 33 a of the engaging portion 33 provided at the lower end of the outer peripheral wall 31 of the upper lid B, and is orthogonal to the lateral groove 41. Thus, a longitudinal groove 42 formed by cutting out the side inner surface 33b and the engaging protrusion 35 is provided.
The flow hole 40 can obtain the same operational effects as the above-described embodiment by the gap between the engaging portion 33 and the engaging surface 21 of the lid engaging portion 11 and the gap between the bulging portion 23.

  In the hinge cap, the air in the upper lid is heated by the heated and filled content liquid, hot water shower, etc., and when the internal pressure rises, the internal air is discharged, and when the internal pressure drops during cooling, Since it prevents entry of cooling water, it can be widely used as a hinge cap for containers of various liquids to be heated and filled.

A Cap body B Upper lid C Hinge 1 Mouth tube portion 2 Body portion 3 Engagement ridge 5 Engagement tube portion 6 Outlet tube 7 Outer tube portion 8 Upper wall 9 Inner tube 10 Outer tube 11 Lid engagement portion 12 Engagement protrusion Strip 13 annular bottom wall 14 bottom wall 15 weakened portion 16 removed portion 17 pull ring 18 convex rib 19 connecting piece 20 weakened piece 21 engaging surface 22 outer peripheral surface 23 bulging portion 23a engaging surface 24, 40 through hole 25, 41 transverse groove 26 , 42 Vertical groove 30 Top wall 31 Outer peripheral wall 32 Seal ring 33 Engagement part 33a Upper inner surface 33b Side inner surface 34 Knob 35 Engagement protrusion

Claims (2)

In the hinge cap attached to the mouth tube portion of the container and consisting of a cap body and an upper lid,
The cap body includes an engagement tube portion and a dispensing tube that are fitted to the container mouth tube portion,
On the upper part of the engagement cylinder part, a lid engagement part is provided which has an engagement surface on the upper surface and a bulge part on the outer periphery,
The upper lid includes a top wall, an outer peripheral wall, and a sealing ring,
An engagement surface that contacts the upper surface of the engagement surface of the lid engagement portion of the cap body and an engagement protrusion that engages the lower surface of the bulging portion of the lid engagement portion are provided on the inner periphery of the lower end of the outer peripheral wall. ,
A flow hole is provided at a predetermined position on the engaging surface of the lid engaging portion. A hinge cap characterized by being formed.   A flow hole is provided at the lower end of the outer peripheral wall of the upper lid instead of the lid engaging portion, and a shallow horizontal groove formed on the engaging surface of the lower end and a vertical notch formed by notching the engaging protrusion so as to be orthogonal to the horizontal groove. The hinge cap according to claim 1, comprising a groove.

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