JP2013028392A - Adapter for bottle mouth - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an adapter that easily connects a bottle mouth provided with a hinge cap to a device such as an elbow to allow liquid contained in the bottle provided with the hinge cap at the mouth thereof to be extracted from a server, or the like.SOLUTION: The adapter for the bottle mouth is placed between the mouth Q of a PET bottle P including a hinge cap 1A and a device 10 leading the liquid W contained in the PET bottle P to the outside, includes: a spout fitting part 3 fittable to a spout R of the bottle mouth Q; a device connection part 4 connectable to a bottle connection part 20 of the device 10; and a locking part 6 locking at a bottle neck S.

Description

  The present invention relates to an adapter attached to a mouth portion of a plastic bottle that accommodates beverages, seasonings and the like.

The present applicant connects an elbow with a cock to the mouth of a plastic bottle, holds it in a stand-up state on a stand, and allows the beverage in the plastic bottle to be poured out by operating the lever of the cock. A server has been developed and a patent application has been filed (see Patent Document 1).
Hereinafter, a plastic bottle (hereinafter abbreviated as “bottle”) containing a seasoning such as liquid miso or soy sauce is provided with a screw portion 90 at the bottle mouth portion Q1 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11 (b), a hinge part 92 is provided on the bottle P1 for attaching and detaching the expression type cap 1B, and a ring fitted to the outside of the bottle mouth part Q, and the hinge type cap 1A is pivotally supported on the hinge part 92. The bottle P is opened and closed by rotating the hinged cap 1A.
The hinge-type cap 1A is used for a part of a small-capacity bottle, and the screw-type cap 1B is widely used for other bottles.
In the case of the screw-type cap 1B, the elbow can be directly connected to the bottle mouth portion Q1 using the screw portion 90 after the screw-type cap 1B is removed, but in the case of the hinge-type cap 1A, a screw is attached to the bottle mouth portion Q. Since it was not formed, the elbow could not be connected and the bottle P could not be set on the server.

JP 2009-120221 A

  In view of the circumstances described above, the present invention provides an apparatus such as an elbow for a bottle mouth portion having a hinged cap so that liquid contained in the bottle having a hinged cap at the bottle mouth portion can also be poured out by a server or the like. The purpose is to provide an adapter that can be easily connected to the network.

  In order to achieve the above object, an adapter for a bottle mouth part according to the invention described in claim 1 is interposed between a mouth part of a plastic bottle provided with a hinged cap and a device for guiding the liquid in the plastic bottle to the outside. A spout fitting portion that fits into the spout of the bottle mouth portion, a device connection portion that can be connected to the bottle connection portion of the device, and a locking portion that locks to the bottle neck portion. It is characterized by.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the bottle mouth portion adapter has a release operation portion for releasing the lock of the lock portion in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention.

  The bottle mouth adapter according to the invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that, in addition to the configuration of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the adapter for the bottle mouth has a cap pressing part that holds the hinge-type cap open.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the bottle mouth portion adapter, in addition to the configuration of the first, second or third aspect, the device connecting portion protrudes upward from the inner peripheral side of the flange, and the spout fitting portion Is characterized by hanging downward from the inner peripheral side of the flange.

  The adapter for a bottle mouth part according to the invention of claim 1 opens a hinge-type cap that closes the mouth part of a plastic bottle (hereinafter abbreviated as “bottle”), and the bottle mouth part of the present invention is provided inside the bottle mouth part. When the spout fitting part of the adapter (hereinafter abbreviated as “adapter”) is fitted, the locking part of the adapter is locked to the bottle neck near the bottle mouth part, and the spout fitting part becomes the spout. Since it is held in the fitted state, it can be easily attached without separating or removing the hinge-type cap. After that, the bottle can be set in a server or the like by connecting the device connection portion of the adapter to the bottle connection portion of a device such as an elbow.

  In addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, the adapter for the bottle mouth portion according to the invention of claim 2 has a release operation portion for releasing the lock of the lock portion. Even an adapter attached to the part can be easily removed.

  In addition to the effects of the inventions of claims 1 and 2, the adapter for a bottle mouth portion according to the invention of claim 3 has a cap presser that holds the hinge-type cap open, so that the top and bottom of the bottle The hinged cap can be kept open even when it is reversed. As a result, when the bottle is set in a server or the like, the opened hinge-type cap does not get in the way.

  In addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, 2 or 3, the adapter for the bottle mouth portion according to the invention of claim 4 projects the equipment connection portion upward from the inner peripheral side of the flange, and the spout fitting Since the portion hangs downward from the inner peripheral side of the flange and is in a communicating state, the liquid in the bottle can be smoothly guided to a device such as an elbow through the device connecting portion and the spout fitting portion. Further, when the adapter is attached to the bottle mouth portion, if the flange is brought into contact with or close to the upper end of the bottle mouth portion, the adapter can be easily attached and the adapter attachment state becomes more stable. In addition, since the finger can be hung on the flange, the handling becomes easy when the adapter is attached to the bottle mouth or when the adapter is removed and washed.

It is the front view (a), side view (b), and bottom view (c) of the adapter for a bottle mouth part (henceforth an adapter) of this invention. It is a perspective view of the adapter. (A) and (b) are the example of attachment of this invention adapter, and the front view at the time of completion of attachment. It is a side view at the time of completion of attachment of an adapter. (A) is a side view which shows the attachment state of an elbow and an adapter, (b) is a side view which shows the connection state of a cock and an elbow. 1 is an overall view of a server that uses a plastic bottle. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which expands and shows the principal part of the server. It is a side view which shows the set state with respect to the stand of the plastic bottle which connected the elbow through the adapter. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view (a) and bottom view (b) of a valve. They are a side view (a) when removing the screw-type cap and directly attaching the elbow to the bottle mouth, and a side view (b) when connecting the cock to the elbow. (A) is a top front view of a plastic bottle using a screw type cap, (b) is a top front view of a plastic bottle using a hinge type cap.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 6 is an overall view of a server using a plastic bottle, and FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an enlarged main part of the server.
As shown in FIG. 11B, this server has a bottle Q (hereinafter referred to as a bottle mouth Q) of a plastic bottle P (hereinafter abbreviated as a bottle P) provided with a hinged cap 1A. The elbow 10 is connected via the mouth adapter 2 (hereinafter abbreviated as the adapter 2 of the present invention), the cock 11 is connected to the elbow 10, and the cock 11 is turned upside down on the stand 12. To pour out the liquid W from the bottle P.
As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the bottle P has a bottle neck S slightly constricted under the bottle mouth Q, and is directed from the bottle neck S to the trunk between the bottle neck S and the trunk. It has a conical shoulder U that becomes wider at the end. The hinge-type cap 1A has a spout insertion portion 39 that is inserted into the bottle spout R inside the bottle mouth portion Q when closed. The bottle P is filled with soup stock liquid type miso W (hereinafter referred to as liquid miso), which is poured from the cook 11 into a container E such as soup, and hot water and ingredients are mixed in as desired. It is easy to make delicious miso soup.

The adapter 2 of the present invention is integrally molded from a synthetic resin. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a substantially disc-shaped flange 5 and a substantially cylindrical shape provided to hang downward from the inner peripheral side of the flange 5. The spout fitting portion 3 and the substantially cylindrical device connection portion 4 that protrudes upward from the inner peripheral side of the flange 5 are provided. Among them, the spout fitting portion 3 has a tapered outer peripheral surface so that the outer diameter is slightly smaller toward the tip from the base, and the device connecting portion 4 has a male screw 15 on the outer peripheral surface. ing.
Further, the flange 5 of the adapter 2 of the present invention is divided into four by a slit 18 provided radially outward from the center on the outer peripheral side, and the left and right sides thereof are defined as a first flange portion 5a, and the opposite front and back are defined as a second flange portion 5b. The first flange portion 5a is provided with an inclined wall 16 that widens toward the bottom via the leg portion 17, and the second flange portion 5b hangs the cap presser portion 8 on the outer peripheral side.
The left and right inclined walls 16 are formed so as to be substantially parallel to the conical shoulder portion U of the bottle P, projecting two locking projections 6 apart from the upper part on the inner surface side toward the center, and outer periphery from the lower edge part The extension part 7 is extended to the side.
The leg portions 17 interposed between the first flange portion 5a and the inclined wall 16 are continuous with the first flange portion 5a from both side edge portions of the inclined wall 16, and have elasticity that can bend in the inner and outer peripheral directions.

When the adapter 2 of the present invention is attached to the bottle mouth Q, the hinge-type cap 1A is opened in advance as shown in FIG. 3A, and the spout fitting portion 3 is directed toward the bottle mouth Q from above. When pressed, the spout fitting portion 3 is inserted into the bottle spout R of the bottle mouth Q. At that time, since the spout fitting portion 3 is formed in a tapered shape so that the outer diameter increases toward the upper side, as shown in FIG. The bottle outlet R of Q is tightly fitted to the inner surface in such a state that the bottle outlet R is pushed from the inner side to the outer peripheral side.
At the same time, the locking protrusion 6 provided on the inner surface upper part of the left and right inclined wall 16 protrudes to a slightly smaller diameter than the outer diameter of the bottle mouth Q, so that it passes through the bottle mouth Q while expanding the leg 17. After the bottle mouth Q has been overcome, the leg 17 is elastically restored and locked to the bottle neck S to restrict the removal of the adapter 2 of the present invention, and the spout fitting portion 3 is fitted to the bottle spout R. In other words, the attached state is maintained.
Moreover, in the state which attached this invention adapter 2 to the bottle mouth part Q, as shown in FIG.3 (b), the flange 5 contact | abuts to the outer peripheral side of the bottle mouth part upper end T, and thereby attachment of this invention adapter 2 is carried out. The state becomes more stable. Moreover, since the spout fitting part 3 should just be pushed in until the flange 5 contact | abuts to the bottle mouth part upper end T in that way, attachment of this invention adapter 2 can be performed easily. Furthermore, since the finger can be put on the flange 5 and pressed downward, the attaching operation of the adapter 2 of the present invention is easy.
When the adapter 2 of the present invention is attached to the bottle mouth Q when the hinged cap 1A is in the open state, as shown in FIG. 4, the note of the hinged cap 1A in which the cap presser 8 of the adapter 2 of the present invention is open is shown. Since it engages with the outlet insertion portion 39, the hinged cap 1A is held in a fully opened state.

When removing the adapter 2 of the present invention, if the finger is placed on the extended portion 7 provided at the lower edge of the left and right inclined wall 16 so as to spread to the outer peripheral side, the locking projection 6 will become the root of the bottle mouth Q. Since it is separated from the bottle neck S, it can be easily removed simply by lifting it straight upward.
Further, by providing a slit 18 on the outer peripheral portion of the flange 5 and dividing the flange 5 into four parts, the left and right inclined walls 16 can be easily bent to the outer peripheral side, and the base of the leg portion 17 is broken when the adapter 2 of the present invention is removed. Damage can be prevented. When the adapter 2 of the present invention is removed, it is possible to easily perform cleaning or the like by holding the flange 5 with a finger.
In addition, in this invention adapter 2 of this embodiment, the latching protrusion 6 is equivalent to the latching | locking part of Claim 1, and the right-and-left extension part 7 is equivalent to the cancellation | release operation part of Claim 2. .

As shown in FIG. 7, the elbow 10 has a cock connection portion 21 and a bottle connection portion 20 into which the device connection portion 4 of the adapter 2 of the present invention is screwed at an obtuse angle, and is inclined downward from the bottle connection portion 20 opening upward. A pipe line 19 for guiding the liquid miso W to the cock connection part 21 inclined in the direction is formed in a communicating state.
The bottle connecting portion 20 is formed with a female screw portion that is screwed with the male screw 15 of the device connecting portion 4 of the adapter 2 of the present invention, and a packing is attached so as to be in close contact with the end surface of the device connecting portion 4. The cock connection portion 21 is provided with a substantially L-shaped engagement groove 22 on both the left and right sides, and a packing for closely contacting the end face of the insertion portion 23 of the cock 11.
The elbow 10 is further provided with a shaft portion 24 suspended from an extended line of the central axis C of the bottle P, and a contact portion 25 to the stand 12 is formed in a circular bowl shape at a spaced position above the shaft portion 24. It is. A through-hole 26 is provided in the center of the shaft portion 24 in the vertical direction, and an air introduction tube 27 is provided upright by being inserted into the through-hole 26. As shown in FIG. 6, the upper end of the air introduction pipe 27 reaches the bottom of the inverted bottle P and protrudes upward from the liquid level of the liquid miso W. As shown in FIG. 7, a silicon rubber valve 28 is attached to the lower end portion of the shaft portion 24, and the valve 28 has a conical raised portion 29 in the center as shown in FIG. The raised portion 29 is provided with an air intake 31 by providing a cross-shaped cut 30.

As shown in FIG. 7, the stand 12 has a concave portion 32 for receiving the elbow 10 formed on the upper surface, and the concave portion 32 is formed with a seat portion 33 for receiving the contact portion 25 of the elbow 10. Is provided with a vertical hole 34 into which the shaft portion 24 of the elbow 10 is inserted from above. In this manner, the abutting portion 25 of the elbow 10 is received by the seat portion 33 of the stand 12 and the shaft portion 24 of the elbow 10 is inserted into the vertical hole 34 and held at a spaced position below the seat portion 33, thereby P can be always stably held perpendicular to the center of the stand 12.
Further, the stand 12 is provided with a projecting valve opening 35 having a hole in the center at the bottom of the vertical hole 34. The adapter 12, the elbow 10, and the cock 11 are connected to the bottle P and then set on the stand 12. Then, the raised portion 29 of the valve 28 is pushed up by the valve opening portion 35 so that the air intake 31 is opened. When the bottle P is lifted and removed from the stand 12, as shown in FIG. 8, the valve opening 35 is separated from the raised portion 29 of the valve 28, so that the air intake 31 of the valve 28 is automatically closed.

As shown in FIG. 7, the cock 11 has a connection pipe 36 for connecting to the elbow 10 obliquely upward, and includes a plug 23 into the elbow 10 at the tip of the connection pipe 36. Protrusions 37 having a circular cross-section are provided on both the left and right sides, and the protrusions 37 are held so that they do not come out of engagement with the engagement grooves 22 of the elbow 10.
As shown in FIG. 6, the cock 11 raises the valve (not shown) that closes the liquid spout 38 by tilting the operation lever 13 toward the front, and the liquid miso W in the bottle P is pulled from the liquid spout 38. Is to be poured out. When liquid miso W is poured out from the cock 11, air is introduced into the bottle P through the air introduction pipe 27 from the air intake 31 of the valve 28 provided at the lower end of the shaft portion 24 of the elbow 10. Can be poured smoothly without pulsation.

The procedure for setting the bottle P on the stand 12 will be described. First, as described above, the hinged cap 1A is opened and the adapter 2 of the present invention is attached to the bottle mouth Q. Next, as shown in FIG. 5A, the air introduction pipe 27 is inserted into the bottle P, and the device connection portion 4 of the adapter 2 of the present invention is screwed into the bottle connection portion 20 of the elbow 10 while turning the elbow 10. Attach the elbow 10. At this time, since the air intake 31 of the valve 28 is closed, the liquid miso W in the bottle P does not flow into the air introduction pipe 27.
Next, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), the insertion portion 23 of the cock 11 is inserted into the cock connection portion 21 of the elbow 10, and the protrusion 37 is inserted into the L-shaped engagement groove 22 so that the cock 11 is slightly twisted. Engage to the back and attach the cock 11. After that, as shown in FIG. 8, the bottle P is held upside down, the shaft portion 24 of the elbow 10 is inserted into the vertical hole 34 of the stand 12, and the contact portion 25 of the elbow 10 contacts the seat portion 33 of the stand 12. By doing so, the bottle P is stably held by the stand 12.
When the bottle P is set on the stand 12 in this manner, as shown in FIG. 7, the raised portion 29 of the valve 28 is pushed up by the valve opening portion 35 and the air intake 31 is opened.

As described above, by using the adapter 2 of the present invention, the bottle P having the hinge cap 1A at the bottle mouth Q can be set on the server.
Since the adapter 2 of the present invention is tapered so that the outer diameter decreases as the spout fitting portion 3 moves toward the tip, the spout fitting portion 3 fits closely to the inner surface of the bottle spout R. In addition, since the four locking projections 6 are locked to the bottle neck S at the base of the bottle mouth Q, the spout fitting portion 3 is maintained in a state of being fitted to the bottle spout R. Liquid miso W does not leak from the bottle spout R.
The adapter 2 of the present invention has an extending portion 7 that extends to the outer peripheral side from the lower end portions of the left and right inclined walls 16, and a finger is placed on the extending portion 7 so that the left and right inclined walls 16 are expanded to the outer peripheral side. By opening the legs), the locking projections 6 can be unlocked and easily removed.
Furthermore, since the cap type cap 1A is held in the fully open state by the cap holding part 8 of the adapter 2 of the present invention, the hinge type cap 1A is not obstructive when the bottle P is set on the stand 12. Since the connecting portion 4 protrudes upward from the inner peripheral side of the flange 5 and the spout fitting portion 3 hangs downward from the inner peripheral side of the flange 5, it is easy to handle and is connected to the device connecting portion 4 and the note. The liquid miso W in the bottle P can be smoothly guided to the elbow 10 through the outlet fitting portion 3.

  As shown in FIG. 11 (a), in the case of a plastic bottle P1 having a screw-type cap 1B (hereinafter referred to as bottle P1), as shown in FIG. 10 (a), the adapter 2 of the present invention is not used. The bottle connecting portion 20 of the elbow 10 is screwed and attached directly to the bottle mouth Q1, and the cock 11 is connected to the elbow 10. That is, both the bottle P provided with the hinge-type cap 1A and the bottle P1 provided with the screw-type cap 1B can be set in the server.

  Further, since the server is provided by inserting the air introduction tube 27 into the shaft portion 24 of the elbow 10, it is not necessary to insert the air introduction tube 27 into the elbow 10 when the cock 11 is attached. A valve 28 having an air intake 31 to the air introduction pipe 27 is provided, and the stand 12 is provided with a valve opening 35 at the bottom of a vertical hole 34 into which the shaft portion 24 is inserted from above, and the bottles P and P1 are set on the stand 12 Then, the valve 28 comes into contact with the valve opening 35 and the air intake 31 is opened. When the bottles P and P1 are removed from the stand 12, the valve 28 is separated from the valve opening 35 and the air intake 31 is closed. Since it is not necessary to open and close 31 by hand, it is easy to set the bottles P and P1. By inserting the shaft portion 24 of the elbow 10 into the vertical hole 34 of the stand 12, the bottles P and P <b> 1 can be stably held in a standing state on the stand 12. By lengthening the air introduction pipe 27 so as to reach the bottom of the bottles P and P1, it is not necessary to provide a check valve at the tip of the air introduction pipe 27.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. Although the flange 5 of the embodiment is divided into four parts, it may be divided into six parts or eight parts, and it is not always necessary to contact the upper end T of the bottle mouth part when attached to the bottle mouth part Q. The leg portions 17 are provided on both sides of the inclined wall 16 in the embodiment. However, the leg portions 17 can be formed in any position as long as the inclined wall 16 can be bent in the inner and outer peripheral directions.
The type of liquid to be dispensed is arbitrary and is not limited to liquid miso, but may be seasonings other than liquid miso such as soy sauce and mayonnaise, and soft drinks, tea and water, alcohol such as whiskey and shochu Good.
Moreover, in this invention, although the PET bottle was picked up as a container which accommodates the liquid W, it is a synthetic resin container other than a glass container, a can container, and a PET bottle which has a neck part smaller in diameter than a mouth part under a container mouth part. Is also available. The cock 11 may have any structure. The apparatus connected to the apparatus connection part 4 should just be what leads the liquid in a bottle outside, and is not restricted to the elbow 10, For example, a valve, a joint, a pipe, a hose etc. may be sufficient.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1A Hinge type cap 1B Screw type cap 2 Adapter for bottle mouth part 3 Outlet fitting part 4 Apparatus connection part 5 Flange, 5a 1st flange part, 5b 2nd flange part 6 Locking protrusion (locking part)
7 Extension part (release operation part)
8 Cap holder 10 Elbow (Equipment)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Cock 12 Stand 13 Operation lever 15 Male screw 16 Inclined wall 17 Leg part 18 Slit 19 Pipe line 20 Bottle connection part 21 Cock connection part 22 Engagement groove 23 Insertion part 24 Shaft part 25 Contact part 26 Through-hole 27 Air introduction Pipe 28 Valve 29 Raised part 30 Notch 31 Air inlet 32 Recess 33 Seat part 34 Vertical hole 35 Valve opening part 36 Connection pipe 37 Projection 38 Liquid spout 39 Spout insert part W Liquid miso (liquid)
E Container P, P1 PET bottle (bottle)
Q, Q1 Bottle mouth R Bottle outlet S Bottle neck T Upper end of bottle mouth U Conical shoulder C Center axis

Claims (4)

It is interposed between the mouth of a plastic bottle with a hinged cap and a device that guides the liquid in the plastic bottle to the outside,
A bottle mouth comprising: a spout fitting portion that fits into a spout of a bottle mouth portion; a device connection portion that can be connected to a bottle connection portion of a device; and a locking portion that is locked to a bottle neck portion. Adapter for department.   The adapter for a bottle mouth part according to claim 1, further comprising a release operation part for releasing the lock of the lock part.   The adapter for a bottle mouth part according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a cap pressing part that holds the hinge-type cap open.   4. The bottle mouth according to claim 1, wherein the device connecting portion protrudes upward from an inner peripheral side of the flange, and the spout fitting portion hangs downward from the inner peripheral side of the flange. Adapter for department.

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