JP2734413B2 - Infant beverage container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an infant beverage container, and more particularly to a method of mixing an emulsion, which has been previously stored in a container having a chamber for containing an emulsion and a chamber for containing a liquid, with a liquid when necessary to feed a baby. The present invention relates to an infant beverage container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, infant formula such as skim milk powder and formula milk powder has a high solubility in water, a good miscibility, and a protein is softened by heating. It is widely used as a nutritional supplement for infants. And, in this usage method, after measuring the required amount of milk powder in the baby bottle, hot water or water is poured into the baby bottle, and then the opening of the baby bottle is sealed with a nipple with a cap, and the bottle is put in hot water or air. The milk powder dissolves in water by shaking the baby bottle. After that, the cap of the nipple was removed and the infant was given an infant drink. However, such a method of breastfeeding infants is unsanitary because the milk powder is dissolved in water in the air for drinking, and there is a risk that various bacteria in the air may be mixed into the milk powder during the preparation. In addition, since the milk powder must be measured and dissolved in water every time the baby is fed, there is a danger that the mixture may be wrong. Moreover, the nipple before use must be disinfected with hot water at the time of use, so operation is troublesome,
There are various problems such as that it takes time to feed a baby.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present inventors have solved the above-mentioned problems as an infant drink container for an infant who has already stored a baby drink in which powdered milk has been previously dissolved in a liquid in a sealed state and feeds the infant. Developed beverage container and filed Japanese Patent Application No. 7-437
Although the patent application was filed as No. 02, the infant beverage previously dissolved in a liquid has a storage period of only about one month, and has a defect that the infant beverage is denatured after the storage period. The present invention has been made in order to solve these problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a container capable of feeding a baby by a simple operation of sanitarily mixing a liquid and an emulsion previously contained in the container when necessary. Is what you do.

[0004]

That is, according to the present invention, there is provided a chamber containing a solid emulsion in an inner layer comprising a flexible resin sheet layer and an outer layer comprising a composite layer of aluminum foil; The chamber containing the liquid inside the flexible resin sheet is separated by a partition band made of a weak seal that can be easily peeled off by external pressure, and fitted or screwed into the inner wall of the opening of the nipple. A baby beverage container provided in a chamber containing a liquid therein, in which a possible luer taper or male screw is formed in the outer wall of the opening, wherein the chamber containing the liquid is placed outside the chamber. The weak seal of the partition strip is peeled off by applying a pressure from the liquid to mix the solid emulsion and the liquid. In addition, the present invention provides the infant beverage container, wherein the nipple body includes an inner cap and a nipple provided in a head opening thereof, and the inner wall of the rear opening of the inner cap is fitted or screwed to the outer wall of the container neck. The present invention is a baby beverage container having a luer taper or female screw formed therein.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a plan view of an infant beverage container showing an example of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a transverse sectional view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a nipple body with a nipple attached. In the figure, 1
Is the first chamber, 2 is the second chamber, 3 is the emulsion, 4 is the liquid, 5 is the container neck, 6 is the male screw, 7 is the mouth, 8 and 16 are the covers.
A sheet portion, 9 a partition band portion, 10 a flexible resin layer, 11 an aluminum foil layer, 12 an inner cap, 13 an outer cap,
14 is a nipple , 15 is a female screw, and 17 is an O-ring.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an infant beverage container showing an example of the present invention. The infant beverage container has a second chamber 2 containing a liquid 4 and a first chamber 1 containing an emulsion 3. A partition 9 for separating the first chamber 1 and the second chamber 2, a container neck 5 provided with a male screw 6 to be screwed with the female screw 15 of the nipple of FIG. 3, and a peelable cover. The mouth 7 is provided with a sheet 8. The second chamber 2 contains a liquid 4 for mixing with the emulsion 3. Examples of the liquid include water or hot water, or liquids containing nutrients such as amino acids and oligosaccharides therein. The container is manufactured by a method such as blow molding or injection molding of a flexible resin such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester, polyamide, or polyvinyl chloride, or heat sealing the outer edges of two sheets. . A scale may be provided on the outer wall of the container.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1, wherein the first chamber 1 and the second chamber 2 are formed of a flexible resin sheet layer 10, and the outer edges of the flexible resins 10 are heated. Strong seal layer formed by welding
Consists of 18. The partition band 9 is externally pressurized in a belt shape at a temperature at which the flexible resin sheets 10 are not welded to each other and is weakly sealed. The term "weak seal" as used herein means that the internal seal is easily peeled off by an external pressure, for example, the pressure of the liquid 4 contained in the second chamber 2 by pressurizing the second chamber 2 from the outside. Say. By peeling off the internal seal, the second chamber 2 and the first chamber 1 communicate with each other, the second chamber 2 and the first chamber 1 become one chamber, and the emulsion 3 and the liquid And 4 mix. In the first chamber 1, the outer layer is preferably laminated with aluminum foil 11 or a moisture-resistant plastic sheet so that the emulsion 3 contained therein does not absorb the moisture of the outside air. The aluminum foil 11 is laminated on one or both sides of the first chamber 1. Further, aluminum may be deposited on the outer surface of the flexible resin layer 10. FIG.
Then, the weak seal is made of two sheets of flexible resin that constitute the container.
The sheet 10 is formed by pressing from the outside in a band at a temperature at which the sheets 10 are not welded to each other, but is formed between the two sheets of flexible resin sheet 10 by a mixed resin of the sheet material and another resin. It may be formed by inserting a new sheet.

[0008] FIGS. 1 and 2 in the emulsion 3 has been described in pellet form solid emulsion, the shape of the solid emulsion, the
In addition, various shapes such as one lump, a large number of cylindrical rods, pellets, and squares can be used. FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a nipple body with a nipple 14 attached thereto. A female screw 15 is provided on the inner wall near the opening of the inner cap 12 so as to screw with the male screw 6 of the container neck 5. . And the outer cap
13 covers the nipple 14 and the inner cap 12. A seal such as an O-ring 17 is provided adjacent to the upper part of the female screw 15 of the inner cap 12.
A leakage member is provided to prevent the baby beverage from leaking from the gap between the inner cap 12 and the container neck 5. FIG.
When the emulsion 3 has been mixed with the liquid 4 in FIG.
After the sheet 8 is removed from the container opening 7, the cover sheet 16 of the inner cap 12 shown in FIG.
The female screw 15 of the inner cap 12 and the male screw 6 of the container neck 5 are screwed together. Next, the outer cap 13 is removed, and the baby drink contained in the container is fed to the baby.

An example of the method of using the container of the present invention is shown in FIGS.
It will be described according to. When pressurized by hand from the outside of the second chamber 2, the pressure of the liquid stored in the second chamber 2 causes
The partition band 9 is peeled off, and the second chamber 2 and the first chamber 1 communicate with each other to form one chamber, in which the emulsion 3 and the liquid 4 are mixed.
After the container is shaken sufficiently to mix the emulsion 3 and the liquid 4, the cover sheet 8 in the container mouth 7 is peeled off. On the other hand, a cover closing the openings of the inner cap 12 and the outer cap 13
The sheet 16 is peeled off, and the female screw 15 of the inner cap 12 and the male screw 6 of the container neck 5 are screwed together. Then the outer cap
Remove 13 and feed the baby with the baby drink in the container.

[0010]

According to the present invention, an infant and a baby can be fed to a baby in a sanitary manner by a simple operation in which an emulsion and a liquid previously stored in a container are separately stored in respective chambers and mixed in a closed state at the time of use. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an infant beverage container showing an example of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of an inner cap with a nipple attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1st chamber 2 2nd chamber 3 Emulsion 4 Liquid 5 Container neck 6 Male screw 7 Container mouth 8, 16 Cover sheet part 9 Partition band part 10 Aluminum foil layer 11 Flexible resin layer 12 Inner cap 13 Outer cap 14 Nipple 15 Female thread

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-4-242647 (JP, A) JP-A-6-14975 (JP, A) JP-A-5-68702 (JP, A) JP-A-2-141452 (JP) , U) Fully open Showa 51-7285 (JP, U) Fully open Showa 63-186433 (JP, U) Really open 2-55951 (JP, U)

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An inner layer is a flexible resin sheet layer and an outer layer is an aluminum layer.
Solid emulsion contained inside a composite layer of minium foil
Chamber and a flexible resin sheet constituting the inner layer.
The chamber containing the liquid can be easily peeled off by external pressure
The nipple is divided by a partition band consisting of a weak seal.
Luer taper that can be fitted or screwed into the inner wall of the body opening
Or the external thread formed on the outer wall of the opening
An infant beverage container provided in a room containing a body,
The chamber containing liquid inside is pressurized from the outside
As a result, the weak seal in the partition band is peeled off, and the solid emulsion and the liquid are removed.
A beverage container for infants, characterized in that: 2. A nipple body comprising an inner cap and a nipple provided at a head opening of the inner cap, and a luer plate for fitting or screwing with an outer wall of a container neck at an inner wall of a rear opening of the inner cap. 2. The infant beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the infant beverage container is formed with a par or a female screw.