JP2021172341A - Beverage container - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a beverage container of which a lid can be prevented from being closed with no packing fitted.SOLUTION: A beverage container 100 comprises a container body 110 and a plug 150. The plug 150 includes a packing 172 for sealing a drinking port and an interference member 173 for interfering with the drinking port when the plug 150 is closed with no packing 172 fitted.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a beverage container technique.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-206270 (Patent Document 1) states that "a beverage container body having a container mouth portion and a lid body attached to the beverage container body portion are provided, and the lid body provides a container mouth portion. To form a beverage container provided with an inner plug to be sealed and a lid body capable of fixing the inner plug inside, the lid body is provided through a communication hole for communicating the inside and the outside of the lid body. The inner plug is exposed to the outside of the lid. "

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-235920 (Patent Document 2) states that "a piece that opens and closes the spout of the plug body centering on the hinge shaft on the plug body that is attached so as to cover the upper end of the bottle body with substantially the same diameter. An open lid is provided, and a lock mechanism provided on the side circumference of the plug to lock the single-open lid to the closed position and release the lock grips the lock member that locks the single-open lid to the closed position and the bottle body. It is equipped with an unlocking member that locks and unlocks by being operated with the thumb of one hand. The above-mentioned object is achieved by performing an unlocking operation of the lock member by an operation portion that extends downward from the upward movement position and protrudes downward from the lock member. " ing.

JP-A-2017-206270 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-235920

An object of the present invention is to provide a beverage container capable of preventing the lid from being closed when the packing is forgotten to be attached.

In one aspect of the present invention, the beverage container includes a container body and a stopper, and the stopper is a packing for sealing the spout and when the stopper is closed without attaching the packing. Beverage containers are provided, including an interfering member for interfering with the spout.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to prevent the lid from being closed when the packing is forgotten to be attached.

Preferably, the plug body includes a plug body forming the spout, a lid for closing the spout, and a hinge portion, and the lid body is separated from the plug body about the hinge portion so that the spout is separated from the spout. Is released.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to prevent the possibility of closing the lid via the hinge when the packing is forgotten to be attached.

Preferably, the anterior wall of the spout is formed higher than the posterior wall so that the interfering member is sandwiched between the anterior wall of the spout and the lid when the plug is closed without the packing attached. It is configured.

According to the above configuration, if the packing is forgotten to be attached, the interference member is sandwiched between the spout and the lid, so that it is possible to prevent the possibility of closing the lid via the hinge as it is.

Preferably, the interfering member is formed so that the lower surface of its front end portion faces forward and downward.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the interference member is forcibly pushed away and the lid is closed when the packing is forgotten to be attached.

It is an overall perspective view which shows the appearance of the beverage container which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a side sectional view which shows the plug body which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a side sectional view which shows the plug body which the packing is not attached which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a side sectional view which shows the plug body which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a side sectional view which shows the plug body which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a side sectional view which shows the plug body which the packing is not attached which concerns on 3rd Embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are the same. Therefore, the detailed description of them will not be repeated.
[First Embodiment]
<Overall structure of beverage container>

First, the overall structure of the beverage container 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The beverage container 100 according to the present embodiment mainly includes a container body 110 and a stopper body 150. The stopper body 150 can be screwed into or removed from the upper part of the container body 110.

(1) Main body The container main body 110 according to the present embodiment is a vacuum double container VDC. The vacuum double container VDC is a metal container such as stainless steel, and is mainly formed of a bottomed inner cylinder and a bottomed outer cylinder. Specifically, after the open end of the inner cylinder and the open end of the outer cylinder are joined so that a heat insulating space is formed between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, the heat insulating space is evacuated. This forms a vacuum double vessel VDC.

The inner cylinder is mainly formed from a side wall portion of the inner cylinder, a bottom wall portion of the inner cylinder, and a tip wall portion. The side wall portion of the inner cylinder has a substantially cylindrical shape. The bottom wall of the inner cylinder has a spherically raised central portion toward the opening side and a concave arc shape at the corners. The inner cylinder bottom wall portion is located below the inner cylinder side wall portion. The tip wall portion has a substantially cylindrical shape and forms an opening of the vacuum double container VDC.

The outer cylinder is mainly formed of a side wall portion of the outer cylinder, a bottom wall portion of the outer cylinder, and a male screw portion. The outer side wall portion has a substantially cylindrical shape like the inner cylinder side wall portion. The outer cylinder bottom wall portion has a substantially disk shape and is joined to the lower end portion of the outer cylinder side wall portion. The male screw portion is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the upper end portion of the outer cylinder side wall portion.

In the present embodiment, the container body 110 is a vacuum double container VDC, but the container body 110 is not limited to the vacuum structure and the double container.

(2) Plug body With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the plug body 150 mainly includes a plug body 160 and a lid body 170 rotatable with respect to the plug body 160 via a hinge portion 151. ..

The plug main body 160 mainly includes a plug base portion 161, a spout main body 162, an annular packing 163, a locking member 165, a winding spring 166, and a touch member 167.

A male screw portion on the outer periphery of the upper end of the container body 110 is screwed into the inside of the stopper base portion 161 from below. The plug base portion 161 is provided with an opening at the center thereof in a plan view, and is opened in a substantially cylindrical shape. The upper end of the rear portion of the plug base portion 161 is connected to the rear portion of the lid 170 via the hinge portion 151. A winding spring or the like is included in the hinge portion 151, and the hinge portion 151 is urged in the direction of lifting the lid body 170.

In the present embodiment, the front end portion of the lid body 170 is locked to the plug body 160 side with one push via the locking member 165, or the lock is released with one push on the front portion of the plug body 160. The configuration is provided.

More specifically, a locking member 165 is attached to the front portion of the plug base portion 161 via a winding spring 166. The upper and lower central portions of the locking member 165 are rotatably attached to the front portion of the plug base portion 161 via a winding spring 166, and the upper end portion 165A engages with the locking portion 171A at the front end portion of the lid body 171. It will be stopped. A touch member 167 is attached to the locking member 165 so as to be slidable up and down on the outside. The touch member 167 is configured so that when the lid is locked, the lower end portion 167B abuts on the plug base portion 161 and cannot be pushed any further. The user slides the touch member 167 downward to release the contact with the plug base portion 161, and then pushes the lower portion of the touch member 167 toward the back. As a result, the locking member 165 is rotated, and the upper end portion 165A thereof is separated from the lid main body 171. As a result, the front portion of the lid body 170 is released from the plug body 160 and lifted upward, and as a result, the lid body 170 is opened. That is, the mouthpiece is opened.

The spout main body 162 is fitted to the central portion of the plug base portion 161 in a plan view via the annular packing 163. In the present embodiment, the opening 162X is formed in the central portion of the spout main body 162 in a plan view. That is, it is open toward the inside of the container body 110. The lower part of the spout body 162 is fixed to the stopper base 161. The upper part of the spout main body 162 is formed in a substantially columnar shape, and a wall surface is formed on the circumference. In particular, in the present embodiment, the front wall surface 162A serving as the drinking spout is formed to be higher than the rear wall surface 162B.

The lid body 170 mainly includes a lid main body 171, a packing 172, and an interference member 173.

As described above, the rear portion of the lid body 171 is rotatably connected to the rear portion of the plug base portion 161 via the hinge portion 151. Further, as described above, the front end of the lid main body 171 is locked or unlocked by the plug main body 160 via the locking member 165.

In the present embodiment, when the lid body 170 is closed with respect to the stopper body 160, that is, when the lid body 170 is locked, the upper end portion of the upper end portion of the spout main body 162, at least the upper end of the front wall surface 162A, and the lid main body. The gap between the bottom surface of the 171 and the bottom surface is formed so that the interference member described later cannot enter the gap.

A cylindrical protrusion 171X is formed on the lid main body 171 at a substantially central portion in a plan view, in other words, a portion facing the opening 162X of the drinking spout main body 162.

A packing 172 that covers the entire lower end portion of the protrusion 171X and the periphery of the protrusion 171X is attached to the protrusion 171X. The packing 172 is formed in a substantially U shape in a side sectional view. Then, when the lid 170 is closed with respect to the stopper body 160, the packing 172 causes the beverage in the container body 110 to spill out from between the stopper body 160, that is, the spout body 162 and the lid 170. Can be prevented.

(3) Mechanism for preventing forgetting to attach packing In particular, in the present embodiment, an interference member is attached to the lid 170 so as not to forget to attach the packing 172 to the stopper 150, that is, to not forget to attach the packing 172 to the lid 170. 173 is provided. The interference member 173 is attached to the front wall surface of the protrusion 171X. The interference member 173 is formed in a U shape in a side view, and is attached by sandwiching the front wall surface of the protrusion 171X. The front upper portion of the interference member 173 is bent forward to form the front end portion 173A.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the interference member 173 is urged so that the upper portion is opened. That is, it is urged to have a V shape in the side view. Therefore, when the packing 172 is not attached, the front end portion 173A of the interference member 173 reaches above the wall surface 162A on the front side of the spout body 162, and even if the lid 170 is to be closed, the wall surface on the front side of the spout body 162 The front end portion 173A of the interference member 173 is sandwiched between the upper end of 162A and the bottom surface of the lid main body 171 so that the lid body 170 cannot be closed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, when the packing 172 is attached to the protrusion 171X with the interference member 173 attached, the packing 172 presses the interference member 173 against the side wall of the protrusion 171X against the urging force of the interference member 173. .. In this state, the front end portion 173A of the interference member 173 is recessed rearward from the upper portion of the spout main body 162, and the upper end of the front wall surface 162A of the spout main body 162 and the bottom surface of the lid main body 171 are connected to each other. The interference member 173 is not sandwiched between them, and the lid 170 can be closed or locked.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, the lower surface 173C of the front end portion 173A of the interference member 173 is formed in an oblique direction at least in a state where the packing 172 is not attached. More specifically, the lower surface of the front end portion 173A of the interference member 173 is formed so as to descend toward the front. As a result, when the packing 172 is not attached, the possibility that the interference member 173 is pushed backward is reduced even if the lid body 170 is vigorously closed. As a result, the possibility that the lid 170 is closed when the packing 172 is not attached can be reduced.
[Second Embodiment]

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, the lower surface of the front end portion 173A of the interference member 173 is formed on an arc in the side view, so that the front side of the drinking spout body 162 is formed. The upper end portion of the wall surface 162A reduces the possibility of pushing the front end portion 173A of the interference member 173 backward. However, as shown in FIG. 4, the lower surface 173D of the front end portion 173A of the interference member 173 is formed flat diagonally downward, so that the interference member 173 is formed by the upper end portion of the front wall surface 162A of the spout main body 162. It may be a form that reduces the possibility of pushing the front end portion 173A of the rear end portion 173A backward.
[Third Embodiment]

In the above embodiment, as the interference member 173, a member formed in a substantially U shape in a side view and urged in a V shape in the upward opening direction is used. The configuration is not limited to. For example, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the interference member 273 is configured to be movable in the front-rear direction, and the interference member 273 is attached to the wall surface 162A of the spout main body 162 by an urging member such as a spring 274. It may be a force.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 6, the interference member 273 moves forward by the urging force of the spring 274 in the state where the packing 172 is not attached. Then, even if the front end portion 273A of the interference member 273 reaches above the wall surface 162A of the drinking spout body 162 and tries to close the lid body 170, the upper end portion of the wall surface 162A of the drinking spout body 162 and the bottom surface of the lid body 171 The front end portion 273A of the interference member 273 is sandwiched between them so that the lid 170 cannot be closed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, when the packing 172 is not forgotten to be attached to the protrusion 171X, the interference member 273 is pressed against the wall surface of the protrusion 171X against the urging force of the spring 274. In this state, the front end portion 273A of the interference member 273 is located behind the wall surface 162A of the spout body 162, and interferes between the upper end of the wall surface 162A of the spout body 162 and the bottom surface of the lid body 171. The member 273 is no longer pinched, and the lid 170 can be closed and locked.
[Fourth Embodiment]

In the above embodiment, the interference member 173 is attached to the front wall of the protrusion 171X. However, the interfering member 173 may be attached to another position in the protrusion 171X. In this case, in the present embodiment, when the lid body 170 is closed with respect to the stopper body 160, that is, when the lid body 170 is locked, it corresponds to the position of at least the interference member 173 of the spout body 162. A gap between the upper end of the portion and the bottom surface of the lid main body 171 is formed at a distance such that the interference member 173 cannot enter.
[Fifth Embodiment]

In the above embodiment, the beverage container 100 includes a locking member 165, a winding spring 166, and a touch member 167, and can open and close the lid 170 with one push. rice field. However, the present invention is not limited to such a form, and even for a beverage container in which the lid is opened and closed in two steps, the interference member can be suppressed by packing. Then, when the packing is not attached, the interference member can be sandwiched between the bottom surface of the lid and the upper end of the spout so that the lid cannot be closed.

Further, in the above embodiment, the beverage container 100 rotatably connects the lid body 170 to the stopper body 160 via the hinge portion 151, but the above-mentioned packing forgetting prevention mechanism Can also be applied to a beverage container in which the lid is simply screwed into the main body. That is, the interference member is suppressed by the packing for sealing the gap between the lid and the spout. Then, when the packing is not attached, the interference member is sandwiched between the bottom surface of the lid and the upper end of the spout so that the lid cannot be closed.

It should be considered that the embodiments disclosed this time are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the scope of claims rather than the above description, and it is intended to include all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims. In addition, a configuration obtained by combining the configurations of different embodiments described in the present specification with each other is also included in the scope of the present invention.

100: Beverage container 110: Container body 150: Plug body 151: Hinge part 160: Plug body 161: Plug base 162: Drinking mouth body 162A: Wall surface 162B: Wall surface 162X: Opening 163: Circular packing 165: Locking member 165A: Upper end 166: Winding spring 167: Touch member 167B: Lower end 170: Lid 171: Lid body 171A: Locking portion 171X: Protrusion 172: Packing 173: Interference member 173A: Front end 173C: Lower surface 173D: Lower surface 273: Interference Member 273A: Front end 274: Spring

Claims (4)

With the container body
A beverage container equipped with a stopper
The stopper body is a beverage container including a packing for sealing the mouthpiece and an interference member for interfering with the mouthpiece when the stopper body is closed without the packing attached. The plug body includes a plug body forming a spout, a lid for closing the spout, and a hinge portion.
The beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the drinking spout is opened when the lid is separated from the stopper body around the hinge portion. The front wall of the spout is formed higher than the back wall,
The beverage container according to claim 2, wherein the interfering member is configured to be sandwiched between the front wall of the drinking spout and the lid when the stopper is closed without attaching the packing. The beverage container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the interfering member is formed so that the lower surface of the front end portion thereof faces forward and downward.

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