JP2013121848A - Drink container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container for storing various drinks such as a cold water bottle, in more detail, the container capable of opening-closing an injection port of a container body by rotary operation of a cover member.SOLUTION: This drink container includes the container body 1 for storing the drink, and an outer cover 3 fitted to an upper surface part of the container body 1. The outer cover 3 is formed with a pouring hole 4 and an injection port 5. An operation member 6 having an inside plug 6a for closing the pouring hole 4 and an injection port cover 6b for closing the injection port 5, is rockably arranged to the outer cover 3. A cover member 7 is provided so as to be rotatable on the operation member 6. The cover member 7 is provided with two pushing-down pieces 7a and 7b. The pouring hole 4 and the injection port 5 can be smoothly opened by simple operation even by a small force only by rotatably operating the cover member 7. Thus, the drink in the container body 1 can be extremely easily injected from the injection port 5 only by inclining the container body 1. Before rotating the cover member 7, the one pushing-down piece 7a pushes the front side of the operation member 6, and the pouring hole 4 is closed by the inside plug 6a and the injection port 5 is closed by the injection port cover 6b respectively, so that injection cannot be performed.

Description

  The present invention relates to a container for storing various beverages such as a cold water bottle, and more particularly to a container capable of opening and closing a spout of a container body by a rotation operation of a cover member.

  Conventionally, a container having an upper surface part opened to accommodate a beverage, and a container that is fitted to the upper surface part of the container body and has an outer lid having a pouring hole and a spout, Widely known.

  Many containers of this type pivot the pouring lid on the outer lid so that it can swing, and push the rear part of the pouring lid with your fingers to open the pouring hole. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2009-132421 A

  The present invention does not open the pouring hole by such an operation, but can open the pouring hole smoothly and with a simple operation with a small force, and the beverage in the container body can be poured out from the pouring outlet. It is devised as such.

  A beverage container according to the present invention comprises: a container main body that is configured to store a beverage by opening an upper surface portion; and an outer lid that is fitted to the upper surface portion of the container main body and has a pouring hole and a spout. An actuating member having an inner plug for closing the pouring hole and a spout cover for closing the pouring port is provided so as to be swingable with respect to the outer lid, and is rotatable on the actuating member. A cover member having two pressing pieces, and before the rotation of the cover member, one pressing piece presses the front side of the operating member, the pouring hole is the inner plug, and the spout is the spout cover. After closing and rotating the cover member, another pressing piece pushes down the protruding piece on the rear side of the actuating member and raises the inner plug that has closed the pouring hole and the spout cover that has closed the spout. Let the beverage in the container body from the spout It is characterized in that it has as the Note may cause out.

  In this way, in the present invention, since the pouring hole can be opened with a small force smoothly and easily by simply rotating the cover member, the container can be removed from the spout by simply tilting the container body. The beverage in the body can be dispensed very easily.

  Before the cover member is rotated, one pressing piece pushes the front side of the operating member, the pouring hole is closed with the inner plug, and the spout is closed with the spout cover. The beverage in the container body does not spill out even if the container body is placed horizontally.

  Before the cover member is rotated, it is preferable that one pressing piece pushes a portion directly above the inner plug that is a part of the operating member. In this case, it is possible to improve the specifications as a beverage container, for example, it is not necessary to increase the rigidity of the constituent parts or increase the pressing force.

  It is preferable that two protrusions on the rear side of the operating member are provided on the left and right with respect to the center line of the operating member. In such a case, the pouring hole can be opened by an extremely simple operation in which the cover member may be rotated to the left or right, which is very convenient.

  It is preferable that the cover member and the outer lid are disengaged at a position where the cover member is rotated by a predetermined angle on the operating member, so that the cover member can be attached to and detached from the outer lid. In this case, the cover member can be easily removed from the outer lid at a position rotated by a predetermined angle on the operating member, and conversely, it can be set on the outer lid very easily. Convenient to.

  It is preferable to provide an operation knob on the cover member. In this case, the cover member can be smoothly rotated by a simple operation by simply picking the operation knob with less force.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the pouring hole can be opened smoothly and easily with a small force by simply rotating the cover member. The beverage in the container body can be poured out very easily.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, before the cover member is rotated, one pressing piece pushes the front side of the operating member, the pouring hole is the inner plug, and the spout is the spout cover. Since the container body is closed, the container body can be placed horizontally, and even if the container body is placed horizontally, there is no risk of the beverage in the container body spilling out.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to increase the specs of the beverage container, such as increasing the rigidity of the component parts or increasing the pressing force.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the pouring hole can be opened by an extremely simple operation in which the cover member may be rotated to the left or right, which is very convenient.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the cover member can be removed from the outer lid very easily at the position where the cover member is rotated by a predetermined angle on the operating member, and conversely, it can be set to the outer lid very easily. Convenient for cleaning.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the cover member can be smoothly rotated with a small force by a simple operation only by picking the operation knob.

It is a perspective view which shows an example of the drink container by this invention. It is a top view of the beverage container. It is sectional drawing of the whole drink container in case a cover member exists in the position of FIG. FIGS. 3A and 3B are plan views showing a state in which the cover member is rotated in the left or right direction from the position of FIG. 2, (a) is rotated from the position of FIG. 2 to the right side, and (b) is rotated from the position of FIG. The case where it was made to show is shown. It is sectional drawing of the whole drink container in case a cover member exists in the position of Fig.4 (a), (b). 2 is a plan view showing a state in which the cover member is further rotated by a predetermined angle from the position of FIG. 2 or from the positions of FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b), where (a) is from the position of FIG. 4 (a) shows the case where it is rotated from the position of FIG. 2 to the right side, and (b) shows the case where it is rotated from the position of FIG. 4 (b) to the left side.

An example of a beverage container according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
The beverage container illustrated here is provided with a container main body 1 that has an upper surface portion opened to accommodate a beverage, and an inner lid 2 that is fitted to the upper surface portion of the container main body 1. The outer lid 3 is screwed to the front. A pouring hole 4 and a pouring outlet 5 are formed in the outer lid 3.

  An operating member 6 having an inner stopper 6a that closes the pouring hole 4 and an outlet cover 6b that closes the outlet 5 is provided so as to be swingable with respect to the outer lid 3, and on the operating member 6 A cover member 7 that can rotate and has two pressing pieces 7a and 7b is covered. In order to make the actuating member 6 swingable with respect to the outer lid 3, here, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the pivot 6 c protrudes from the left and right of the actuating member 6, and the left and right pivots 6 c, 6 c The case where is supported by the outer lid 3 is illustrated.

  Before the cover member 7 is rotated as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, one pressing piece 7a located on the front side pushes the front side of the operating member 6 as shown in FIG. At 6a, the spout 5 is closed with the spout cover 6b. At this time, the other pressing piece 7b located on the rear side of the cover member 7 is in a position not connected to the rear side of the operating member 6 as shown in FIG.

  Here, a case where one pressing piece 7a located on the front side presses a portion directly above the inner plug 6a which is a part of the operating member 6 is illustrated. In this case, it is possible to improve the specifications as a beverage container, for example, it is not necessary to increase the rigidity of the constituent parts or increase the pressing force.

  On the other hand, after the cover member 7 is rotated from the position shown in FIG. 2 to the positions shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b), the other pressing piece 7b located on the rear side has the actuating member 6 as shown in FIG. The protrusion 6d on the rear side is pushed down, the inside plug 6a that has closed the pouring hole 4 and the spout cover 6b that has closed the spout 5 are raised, and the beverage in the container body 1 is poured from the spout 5 It can come out. At this time, one pressing piece 7a located on the front side of the cover member 7 is in a position not connected to the front side of the operating member 6 as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when the inner stopper 6 a that has closed the pouring hole 4 and the spout cover 6 b that has closed the pouring outlet 5 are raised and the pouring hole 4 is opened, the container body 1 can be simply tilted to pour. The beverage in the container body can be poured out from the spout 5 very easily through the hole 4. At this time, if the handle 8 provided on the container body 1 is grasped, the container body 1 can be easily tilted and the beverage in the container body 1 can be poured out very easily.

  In this way, since the pouring hole 4 can be opened smoothly and easily with a small force by simply rotating the cover member 7, the container body can be removed from the spout 5 just by tilting the container body 1. The beverage in 1 can be dispensed very easily.

  Before the cover member 7 is rotated, as shown in FIG. 3, the one pressing piece 7 a on the front side is located on the front side of the operating member 6, in particular, the portion directly above the inner plug 6 a that is a part of the operating member 6. Since the pour hole 4 is closed by the inner plug 6a and the spout 5 is closed by the spout cover 6b, the container main body 1 can be placed horizontally, and even if the container main body 1 is placed horizontally, the container main body There is no risk of spilling the beverage in 1.

  Here, before the cover member 7 is rotated, the one pressing piece 7a on the front side presses the portion directly above the inner plug 6a, which is a part of the operating member 6. It is possible to improve specifications as a beverage container, for example, it is not necessary to increase the pressing force.

  Since the spout 5 is opened and closed by the vertical movement of the spout cover 6b, not only can the opening and closing of the spout 5 be visually observed, but also by closing the spout 5 with the spout cover 6b, This prevents dust from entering through the spout 5 and helps keep the beverage container hygienic, especially the beverage contained therein.

  The cover member 7 is provided with an operation knob 7c so as to protrude in the outer peripheral direction, and the cover member 7 can be smoothly rotated with a small force by a simple operation of simply picking the operation knob 7c. it can. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, when the operation knob 7 c is on a line passing through the center of the cover member 6, one pressing piece 7 a located on the front side moves the front side of the operating member 6 as shown in FIG. 3. The pouring hole 4 is closed with the inner plug 6a, and the spout 5 is closed with the spout cover 6b. Therefore, if the operation knob 7c is in this position, it can be recognized that the beverage container is in the locked state.

  On the other hand, after the cover member 7 is rotated from the position shown in FIG. 2 to the positions shown in FIGS. By pushing down the rear projecting piece 6d, the inner plug 6a that has closed the pouring hole 4 and the spout cover 6b that has closed the spout 5 can be raised so that the beverage in the container body 1 can be poured out. become. Therefore, if the operation knob 7c is in any of these positions, it can be recognized that the beverage container is in an open (pourable) state.

  Here, a display window 9 is provided on the cover member 7, and the characters “open” or “sorrow” and the characters “close” or “shimeru” displayed on the upper surface of the outer lid 3 are visually recognized through the display window 9. I can do it. Therefore, if the operation knob 7c is at the position shown in FIG. 2 and the characters "close" or "shime" are visually recognized through the display window 9, the operation knob 7c is moved to the positions shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b). By visually recognizing the characters “open” or “soaking” through the display window 9, it can be easily confirmed whether or not the beverage container can be poured out.

  In addition, here, as shown in FIG. 2, the protrusion 6d on the rear side of the actuating member 6 passes through the center line of the actuating member 6 and the line passing through the center of the cover member 7 (indicated by symbol S in FIG. 2). Two left and right are provided. Therefore, the pouring hole 4 and the spout 5 are opened by a very simple operation in which the cover member 7 may be rotated from the position in FIG. 2 to the left or right as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b). Can be very convenient.

  Further, here, the cover member 7 is rotated at a predetermined angle from the position shown in FIG. 2 to the position shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B on the operating member 6, and the cover member 7 is also shown in FIG. The cover member 7 is disengaged from the outer lid 3 at a position rotated by a predetermined angle from the position shown in a) and (b) to the position shown in FIGS. Is detachable from the outer lid 3. Accordingly, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the cover member 7 is very easily removed from the outer lid 3 at a position where the cover member 7 is rotated by a predetermined angle on the operating member 6, and vice versa. It can be set on the outer lid 3 and is convenient for disassembly and cleaning.

  The cover member 7 is rotated at a predetermined angle from the position shown in FIG. 2 to the position shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B on the operating member 6, and the cover member 7 is moved to the positions shown in FIGS. 6), the cover member 7 and the outer lid 3 are disengaged from each other at a position rotated by a predetermined angle from the position shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B to the position shown in FIGS. In order to make it detachable, for example, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the center shaft 7 d of the cover member 7 is inserted into the cylindrical shaft 3 a formed at the center of the outer lid 3. A case where the cover member 7 is engaged with the concave and convex portions so that the engagement between the cover member 7 and the outer lid 3 can be released at a position where the cover member 7 is rotated by a predetermined angle can be given. The operating member 6 is fitted from above the cylindrical shaft 3 a of the outer lid 3.

  Here, at the position where the engagement between the cover member 7 and the outer lid 3 can be released, the characters “set” or “attach / remove” displayed on the upper surface of the outer lid 3 can be visually recognized through the display window 9. It is like that. Therefore, when the operation dial 7c is at the position shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, if the characters “set” or “attach / remove” can be visually recognized through the display window 9, the cover member 7 can be attached to and detached from the outer lid 3. The point, that is, it can be easily confirmed that the cover member 7 of the beverage container can be removed from the outer lid 3 and can be set on the outer lid 3.

  3 and 5, reference numeral 10 denotes a shaft packing fitted to the lower end portion of the cylindrical shaft 3 a of the outer cylinder 3, and reference numeral 11 denotes an upper peripheral edge portion of the inner lid 2 that is fitted into the annular groove of the outer lid 3. It is the annular packing located between. If the shaft packing 10 and the packing 11 are made of silicon rubber, the sealing performance of the beverage container can be improved. However, both materials are not limited only to silicon rubber, and may be made of a flexible resin other than silicon rubber.

The container body 1 and the inner lid 2 can be made of, for example, AS resin, the spout cover 6b and the cover member 7 can be made of, for example, ABS resin, and the outer lid 3 and the handle 8 can be made of, for example, PP.
When the container body 1, the inner lid 2, the outer lid 3, the spout cover 6b, etc. are made of resin as described above, the container body 1, inner lid even if hot water, hot tea or other hot beverages are added. It is possible to improve durability against heat, such as the outer lid 3 and the spout cover 6b that may be touched by the resin No. 2 and hot beverages. However, the material of these members is not limited to the above-described resin, and can be appropriately selected and used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Container main body, 3 ... Outer lid, 4 ... Pouring hole, 5 ... Spout, 6 ... Actuating member, 6a ... Inner plug, 6b ... Spout cover, 6d ... Projection piece, 7 ... Cover member, 7a, 7b ... Pressed piece, 7c: Operation knob.

Claims (5)

  A container body that is configured to open a top surface portion to contain a beverage, and an outer lid that is fitted to the top surface portion of the container body and has a pouring hole and a pouring outlet, and closes the pouring hole. An operating member having an inner plug and a spout cover for closing the spout is provided so as to be swingable with respect to the outer lid, and is a cover member that is rotatable on the operating member and has two pressing pieces. Before the cover member is rotated, one pressing piece presses the front side of the operating member, the pouring hole is closed by the inner plug, the outlet is closed by the outlet cover, and the cover member is rotated. Later, another pressing piece pushes down the protruding piece on the rear side of the actuating member, and raises the inner plug that has closed the pouring hole and the spout cover that has closed the spout, thereby allowing the beverage in the container body to rise. Features that can be poured out Beverage containers to be.   2. The beverage container according to claim 1, wherein one pressing piece pushes a portion directly above the inner plug, which is a part of the operating member, before the cover member is rotated.   The beverage container according to claim 1, wherein two protrusions on the rear side of the operating member are provided on the left and right sides with respect to the center line of the operating member.   2. The cover member and the outer lid are disengaged at a position where the cover member is rotated by a predetermined angle on the operating member, and the cover member is detachable from the outer lid. Beverage containers.   The beverage container according to claim 1, wherein an operation knob is provided on the cover member.

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