JP3111075U - Beverage container - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a beverage container having a drinking mouth that has a simple structure and can be used for both direct drinking and drinking with a single drinking mouth.
A container body, a lid body to be mounted on an upper opening of the container body, a drinking mouth part 311 provided so as to protrude from the upper surface of the lid body, and an inside of the container connected to the drinking mouth part. An opening / closing valve mechanism (including a straw body 33) that is suspended up to the vicinity of the inner bottom surface of the lid, and that connects and closes the flow path and the interior of the container between the drinking mouth portion and the straw portion at the back surface of the lid body. The lower part of the mouthpiece cylinder 31 provided with the inlet 313 and the valve cylinder 32 provided with the opening 321) are provided, and direct drinking and straw drinking are switched by opening and closing the on-off valve mechanism.
[Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention particularly relates to a beverage container for drinking with a mouth directly attached to a drinking mouth.

  In a beverage container such as a water bottle, a so-called direct drinking container is known in which a mouth is directly attached to a drinking mouth provided in the container without having a cup serving also as a lid. There is a direct drinking type beverage container (Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-34802) that drinks while being inclined, and a drinking beverage type beverage container (Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-2106) that drinks with a straw. Are known.

  There is also known a beverage container (Patent Document 3: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-34351) that selects either direct drinking or drinking straw. This selection type container has an upright support for the straw and an inner partition with an outflow outlet around the straw passage, and an inner lid that covers the upper part of the straw. It can be used as a drinking straw in a state where it is pulled out from the opening (drinking mouth), and in a state where the straw is pushed in, the container is tilted, the mouth is directly attached to the drinking mouth, and drinking is performed directly.

JP 2002-34802 A. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-2106. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-34351.

  Although it is convenient if direct drinking or drinking straw can be selected, the beverage container described in Patent Document 3 must adopt a complicated structure called a straw in / out mechanism, which still passes through the beverage. Because it exists in the part, it has a problem that it is easy to break down.

  Moreover, the straw tip part and the drinking mouth have a double structure, and when drinking directly, the beverage staying in the straw in addition to the beverage flowing out from the drinking mouth may also flow out at the same time.

  In view of this, the present invention proposes a beverage container having a novel structure that has a simple structure and can be used for both direct drinking and drinking with a single drinking mouth.

  A beverage container according to the present invention includes a container main body, a lid attached to an upper opening of the container main body, a drinking mouth provided protruding from the upper surface of the lid, and a container connected to the drinking mouth. An opening / closing valve mechanism that includes a straw portion that is suspended to the vicinity of the inner bottom surface of the inside, and that closes and communicates the inside of the flow channel and the inside of the container at the back surface position of the lid in the flow channel constituted by the drinking port portion and the straw portion. It is characterized by being provided.

  Thus, when a desired beverage is stored in the container body and the on-off valve mechanism is in the closed state, the straw portion and the drinking mouth portion become a sealed flow path, so that if the beverage is sucked from the drinking mouth portion, the beverage drinking straw When the opening / closing valve mechanism is open, when the container is tilted, the beverage in the container body flows from the opening / closing valve opening to the flow channel portion and flows out of the drinking mouth portion. Direct drinking from is realized.

  In particular, the present invention (Claim 2) is characterized in that the drinking mouth portion is provided so as to be rotatable, and the turning operation of the drinking mouth and the opening / closing operation of the on-off valve mechanism portion are interlocked. It is.

  Therefore, it is possible to easily switch between direct drinking and drinking straw with a single operation by rotating the drinking port.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to perform both direct drinking and drinking straw from a single drinking mouth, there is no risk of spilling beverage from the drinking mouth during drinking, and there is a possibility of failure with a simple structure The beverage container can be switched between direct drinking and drinking straw at a low cost.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The beverage container shown in the embodiment is composed of a container body 1, a lid body 2, a drinking part 3 having a drinking part, a straw part, and an opening / closing valve mechanism part, and a cover body 4 covering the lid body 2. Yes.

  The container body 1 includes a heat insulating container portion 11 having a metal vacuum double structure and a resin lid mounting portion 12 fixed to an opening of the heat insulating container portion 11, and the lid mounting portion 12 is a lid body on the outer peripheral surface. A screw portion 13 to which 2 can be screwed is provided.

  The lid body 2 is provided with a hinge mechanism portion 22 for mounting the cover body 4 on a main body 21 which is cap-shaped and can be screwed to and detached from the lid body mounting portion 12, and a receiving cylinder for mounting the drinking portion 3. A portion 23 is provided. The receiving cylinder part 23 has an inner flange part 24 at the upper part of the cylinder part, the lower part is fully opened, and an opening part 25 is provided on the peripheral wall opposite to the hinge mechanism part 22. An air hole 26 communicating with the inside of the container body 1 is provided in the vicinity of the hinge mechanism portion 22.

  The drinking part 3 is composed of a drinking tube 31, a valve cylinder 32, and a straw body 323, and the valve cylinder 32 is inserted into the receiving cylinder 23 from below with a detent structure. An opening 321 coinciding with the opening 25 is provided.

  The upper part of the mouthpiece cylinder 31 is a mouthpiece part 311, and a collar part 312 that abuts the inner collar part 24 (with an O-ring interposed) is provided in the middle. The inlet portion 313 is provided at a location corresponding to the opening 321, the lower end portion is exposed from the valve body 32, and the screw portion 314 is formed at the exposed portion.

  The straw body (straw part) 33 includes a tube nut part 331 and a tube 332 that are connected to each other, and the tube nut part 331 is screwed with the screw part 314 so as to clamp the valve body 32 vertically. It is connected with the mouthpiece cylinder 31. The tube 332 is made of a flexible material and has a sufficient length to reach the inner bottom surface of the container body 1.

  Accordingly, the drinking unit 3 includes a lower part of the drinking tube cylinder 31 provided with the inflow port portion 313 and a valve cylinder provided with the opening 321 between the drinking port portion 311 and the straw body (straw portion) 33 communicating with each other. And an on-off valve mechanism constituted by 32.

  The cover body 4 is a general outer cover that covers the cover body 2 and is attached to the hinge mechanism portion 22 so as to be freely opened and closed, and is provided with an appropriate opening biasing mechanism and a closing and holding mechanism (lock mechanism). In particular, at the time of closing, the packing part 41 that closes the upper end of the opening of the drinking mouth part 311 and the closing part 42 are provided at positions corresponding to the air holes 26.

  Thus, when the beverage A is stored in the container body 1 and the cover body 4 is closed, the drinking portion 311 is sealed by the packing portion 41, so that the internal beverage A can be carried without spilling, and drinking At that time, the cover body 4 is opened, and a mouth is directly attached to the drinking mouth portion 311 for drinking.

  At the time of drinking, when the opening 321 and the inlet 313 are made to coincide with each other by the rotation operation of the mouthpiece cylinder 31, the portion is opened (FIG. 3A), and when the container body 1 is tilted, the beverage A Flows into the inside of the mouthpiece cylinder 31 from the opening portion and can be drunk directly by drinking from the mouthpiece portion 311 (FIG. 4).

  Moreover, if the position of the opening part 321 and the inflow port part 313 is shifted by rotation operation of the drinking mouth cylinder 31, the said part will be in the obstruction | occlusion state (FIG. 3B), and it will be formed with the drinking mouth cylinder 31 and the straw body 33. Since the flow path to be closed is in a sealed state, the drinking of the straw can be performed by sucking from the drinking port portion 311.

  Of course, the stored beverage A can be kept warm by keeping the container body in a heat insulating structure having a vacuum double structure.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, Operation of an on-off valve mechanism may employ | adopt another means (provided another external operation mechanism) instead of rotation of the drinking mouth cylinder 31, and, The structure of the on-off valve mechanism situation can also be determined arbitrarily.

The sectional view of the whole embodiment of the present invention. The exploded perspective view. The aa sectional view taken on the line. Explanatory drawing (cross-sectional view) of the direct drinking state. Explanatory drawing (sectional drawing) of the drinking state of the straw.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container main body 11 Thermal insulation container part 12 Cover body mounting part 13 Screw part 2 Lid body 21 Main body 22 Hinge mechanism part 23 Receiving cylinder part 24 Inner collar part 25 Opening part 26 Air hole 3 Drinking part 31 Drinking mouth cylinder 311 Drinking mouth Portion 312 鍔 Portion 313 Inlet Port 314 Screw Portion 32 Valve Tube Body 321 Opening Portion 33 Straw Body (Straw Portion)
331 Tube nut portion 332 Tube 4 Cover body 41 Packing portion 42 Closure portion

Claims (5)

  A container body, a lid attached to the upper opening of the container body, a drinking mouth provided protruding from the upper surface of the lid, and a vertical connection to the vicinity of the inner bottom surface in the container connected to the drinking mouth Characterized in that an opening / closing valve mechanism for communicating and closing the inside of the flow channel and the inside of the container is provided at the back surface position of the lid in the flow channel constituted by the drinking mouth portion and the straw portion. Beverage container.   2. The beverage container according to claim 1, wherein the drinking part is provided so as to be rotatable, and the turning operation of the drinking part and the opening / closing operation of the on-off valve mechanism part are interlocked.   A valve cylinder provided with an inlet portion in a flow passage at a predetermined location provided so as to be rotatable, covering the inlet portion formation portion, and having an opening corresponding to a predetermined rotation position of the flow passage portion, The beverage container according to claim 3, which is attached to the lid.   4. A cover body that can be opened and closed over the lid body is provided, and a packing portion that closes the upper end of the drinking mouth portion when the cover body is closed is provided at a predetermined position of the cover body. Beverage container.   The beverage container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the container body is a heat insulating container having a metal vacuum double structure.

Images