JP2020089414A - Nursing apparatus of formulated liquid milk - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an apparatus that is widely applied to a structure of a mouth part of a container of the formulated liquid milk, and in which a nipple can be attached in an opposite side.SOLUTION: A tapered part expanding toward an opening direction is provided in one side, and a reverse tapered part expanding toward the opening direction and a cylindrical part having a sequence of male screws in this reverse tapered part are provided in the other side. In an inner wall surface of the tapered part, a plurality of container attaching parts for inserting the opening of a container receiving liquid are provided concentrically in multiple steps. The container attaching parts each have a tubular shape protruding toward the longitudinal direction from the inner wall surface of the tapered part. Separately, the container attaching parts are multiple tongue-shaped protrusions obtained by dividing the cylindrical container attaching part. Also, the container attaching parts are multiple projections provided concentrically. The tapered part has a thin wall shape deformed by inserting the liquid receiving container.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a device that can feed a baby directly to a baby by mounting a nipple without transferring the prepared liquid milk previously enclosed in the container to a separate container.

The Food Sanitation Act was partially revised in 2018, and it is now possible to provide liquid milk formula to the market under certain conditions. The prepared liquid milk refers to milk, cow milk or special milk, or processed foods produced from these as raw materials, or used as the main raw material, to which the nutrients necessary for infants are added to form liquid. Since they are normally liquids, it is expected that they will be provided in the market in various types of containers in the future.

In addition, this prepared liquid milk is intended to eliminate the inconvenience of preparing powdered milk on the go when a parent is accompanied by a baby and liquefying the powdered milk before going out and carrying it in a container. Since it is for one purpose, it is expected that the commercial product will be provided with the prepared liquid milk enclosed in some container. Therefore, regarding the form of the container, the construction is left to the manufacturer, and various types are considered to appear.

JP, 2009-149362, A JP, 2005-001727, A

As shown in Patent Documents 1 and 2, conventional milk containers provided on the market are generally made of paper. Further, as a structure of the container in which the manufacturer of the prepared liquid milk provides the liquid milk to the market, it is a container made of synthetic resin, and a male screw is formed around the opening side, and the opening is sealed by a cap. Various modes are expected, such as those in which the opening is sealed with a thin film of aluminum. Further, since there is no uniform standard for the opening diameter, it is expected that containers with multiple diameters will be provided.

Further, the container in which the prepared liquid milk is enclosed is premised on being disposable because the side providing the liquid milk puts it on the market as a product. It would then be convenient if the liquid milk container had a nipple. However, according to the knowledge of the inventor, infants tend to prefer familiar nipples to breastfeeding when feeding, and may refuse breastfeeding when breastfeeding with a disposable container equipped with nipples.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a device that can be fitted with a familiar nipple when feeding a prepared liquid milk enclosed in a disposable container having such various forms of openings to an infant. To do.

In order to achieve the above object, the breast feeding apparatus of the present invention is provided with a taper portion that expands toward the opening direction on one side, and an inverse taper portion that expands toward the opening direction on the other side, The reverse taper portion has a cylindrical portion having a continuous male screw, and a means for concentrically providing a plurality of container mounting portions for inserting an opening of a container containing a liquid is provided on the inner wall surface of the taper portion. Using. Here, the taper portion is for mounting a liquid container, and the container mounting portion functions at the time of mounting, and the opening portion of the container is inserted through this portion. On the other hand, the reverse taper portion is mounted by screwing a cap that is normally used on a nipple that is normally used.

A plurality of structures are applied to the container mounting portion, and one of them has a cylindrical shape protruding in the longitudinal direction from the inner wall surface of the tapered portion. Still another configuration employs a means of concentrically providing a plurality of tongue-shaped projecting pieces obtained by dividing the tubular container mounting portion in the circumferential direction. As yet another configuration, a means for using a plurality of concentric container mounting portions as projections is used. All of these configurations are means for mounting the liquid container so as to press it against the inner wall surface of the tapered portion.

Further, the tapered portion has a thin shape that is deformed by the insertion of the liquid storage container, and has a function of preventing liquid leakage when the liquid storage container is mounted.

Since the device of the present invention can be widely applied to expected liquid containers, particularly containers for prepared liquid milk, it is sufficient to carry the device of the present invention and a familiar nipple when feeding liquid milk to an infant. Very convenient when breast-feeding when going out.

The half cross-sectional view showing the breast feeding device of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a container for prepared liquid milk is mounted. FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a state where the nipple is further attached. The half cross-sectional view which shows another embodiment. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 5. The half cross-sectional view which shows another embodiment. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 7.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing the upper half of the breast feeding apparatus 1 according to an example of the embodiment of the present invention. As a specific configuration, the side on which a container for prepared liquid milk is mounted (the right side in the drawing) It has a taper portion 2 in which the cylinder gradually expands toward the side, and a side on which the nipple is attached (left side in the drawing) has an inverse taper portion 3 that expands from the central portion. A cylindrical portion 4 is formed on the outer side of the reverse taper portion 3, and a male screw 5 is provided on the outer periphery thereof. An existing cap for mounting the nipple is screwed onto the male screw 5. From the inner wall surface 6 of the tapered portion 2 on the liquid milk mounting side, a cylindrical container mounting cylinder 7 that functions as a container mounting portion projects. In this embodiment, three container mounting cylinders 7 are concentrically arranged, 7a, 7b and 7c. The functions of these three container mounting cylinders 7 are the same and are adapted to the diameters of a plurality of containers. That is, if the diameter of the container to be mounted is fixed, the diameter is set according to the diameter. Therefore, these three mounting cylinders are not necessarily provided at equal intervals. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the breast feeding apparatus of the present embodiment as seen from the side where the container is mounted, and it can be confirmed that the container mounting cylinders 7 to 7 are protruding.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the liquid milk container C is mounted, and illustrates that the tapered portion 2 of the breast feeding apparatus 1 is deformed toward the outside due to the mounting of the container C. It should be noted that the container C is not an element necessary for the present invention, but the description is given assuming a disposable container in which the screw portion C2 for mounting the cap is provided in the mouth portion C1. When the container C is strongly pushed by using the container mounting cylinder 7 provided on the inner surface of the taper portion 2 as a guide, the taper portion 2 is deformed outward by the force, and the container mounting cylinder 7 and the deformed portion cause the mouth of the container. C1 contacts closely. This prevents liquid leakage. Therefore, the tapered portion 2 of the nursing apparatus 1 is preferably made of a material that is easily deformable, for example, a material such as polyethylene or polypropylene. However, if the tapered portion 2 is made of a material that is relatively easily deformed when the wall thickness is reduced. It can be widely adopted. When the present device is to be used once or several times for disposable use, the space between the container mounting cylinders 7a to 7c of the tapered portion 2 may be as thin as the molding allows. Although the liquid milk container is mounted on the container mounting cylinder 7b in the present embodiment, the liquid milk container C can be changed to a container by appropriately setting the interval between the container mounting cylinders 7b and 7c. Since it is sandwiched between the mounting cylinders 7b and 7c, the container C can be mounted more reliably.

FIG. 4 shows that the liquid milk container C of FIG. 3 is attached to the breast feeding apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, and further a nipple is attached, where 8 is a nipple and 9 is a nipple 8 (not shown). ) Is a cap to be attached to. With such a configuration, the nipple familiar to the infant on a daily basis can be used, which can contribute to stable feeding.

First, what is necessary for the breast feeding apparatus in the present invention is that the mouth portion C1 of the container C can be reliably mounted by the container mounting cylinder 7, and the container mounting cylinder 7 is required to have some elasticity. On the other hand, secondly, in order to prevent the liquid milk packed in the container C from easily leaking, the place where the container mouth portion C of the tapered portion 2 abuts is deformed to bring it into close contact with the opening of the mouth portion C1 of the container C. Therefore, the taper portion 2 is thin. These necessary configurations can be realized by thinning the portions required when designing the mold when integrally molding the nursing apparatus 1. Although three container mounting cylinders 7 are provided in the present embodiment, the number thereof is not particularly limited, and the effect of the present invention can be obtained even if the number is four or more.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment, and instead of the structure in which the container mounting cylinder 7 shown in FIG. 1 is an endless cylinder, a structure in which the container mounting cylinder 7 is divided in the circumferential direction to form a tongue-shaped projection piece 10 is adopted. is doing. The tongue-shaped protrusions 10 are arranged concentrically as in the embodiment shown in FIG. This operation is basically the same as the configuration of FIG. However, in the configuration of FIG. 1, when the mouth portion C1 of the liquid milk container is inserted, the resistance increases due to the difference in the aperture between the container mounting cylinder 7 and the container C, but in the case of the present embodiment, the tongue shape is formed. Since each of the projecting pieces 10 operates independently and expands or reduces the diameter with a light force, a certain difference in the caliber is absorbed by each deformation of the tongue-shaped projecting piece 10 and the mounting is easy. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the tongue-shaped projection piece 10 in an easily understandable manner.

FIG. 7 shows still another embodiment, which has a configuration having a plurality of concentric projections 20 arranged in three rows instead of the container mounting cylinder 7 shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the protrusions 20 are provided in three rows as illustrated. In FIG. 8, the configuration of the protrusion 20 is shown as a perspective view for easy understanding.

As shown in each of the above-described embodiments, the breastfeeding device has a configuration that can be applied to a container of liquid milk having a plurality of calibers, and moreover, the cap with the nipple is securely attached. Therefore, even if the prepared liquid milk is to be obtained when going out, it is possible to save the trouble of searching for a specific liquid milk, and it is possible to make the structure highly convenient.

1 Breastfeeding device 2 Tapered part 3 Reverse taper part 4 Cylindrical part 5 Male screw 6 Inner wall surface 7 Container mounting cylinder 10 Tongue-shaped protrusion 20 Protrusion

Claims (5)

The one side is provided with a taper portion that expands toward the opening direction, and the other side has a reverse taper portion that expands toward the opening direction and a cylindrical portion having a continuous male screw on the reverse taper portion. A feeding device for prepared liquid milk, characterized in that a plurality of container mounting portions for inserting an opening of a container containing a liquid are concentrically provided on the inner wall surface of the tapered portion. The feeding device for prepared liquid milk according to claim 1, wherein the container mounting portion has a cylindrical shape protruding in the longitudinal direction from the inner wall surface of the tapered portion. The feeding device for prepared liquid milk according to claim 2, wherein the container mounting portion is a plurality of tongue-shaped projection pieces obtained by dividing the cylindrical container mounting portion. 2. The feeding device for prepared liquid milk according to claim 1, wherein the container mounting portion is a plurality of concentric protrusions. The feeding device for prepared liquid milk according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the tapered portion has a thin shape that is deformed by inserting the liquid container.

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