JP3142053U - Beverage container - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a beverage container capable of performing a simple operation on one member until a lid is opened from a locked state.
A beverage container having a stopper body 10 attached to an opening 3 of a container body 2 and provided with a lid 20 for closing or opening the stopper body 10 is pivotally supported by an outer surface portion of the stopper body 10 at one end. The slide button 40 is slidable up and down on the outer surface side of the engagement member 31 in which the engagement claw 33 provided on the engagement member 33 rotates in the engagement state and the engagement release state with the engagement receiving portion 22 of the lid 20 in the closed state. When the slide button 40 is in the upward movement position, the protruding piece 42 provided integrally with the slide button 40 abuts against the stopper 18 on the plug body 10 side, and the engagement claw 33 and the engagement receiving portion 22 are provided. Are fully engaged and closed, and when the slide button 40 is in the downward movement position, the projecting piece 42 does not contact the stopper 18 and the slide button 40 is operated in the disengagement direction. The engagement between the engagement claw 33 and the engagement receiving portion 22 is released and the cover is opened. It was constructed.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a portable beverage container such as a water bottle, and more particularly to a beverage container that can be opened with a single operation when used.

  Conventionally, a plug member attached to the upper opening of the container body and a spout that is pivotably connected to the plug member by a hinge and overlaps with the top plate of the plug member are liquid-tight. When the lid of the beverage container is provided with a lid member that is in a closed state and leaves the spout when it is separated from the cap member, the lid member is held in the closed state on the side opposite to the hinge. Some have a locking mechanism to perform.

  For example, this locking mechanism operates a seesaw-type lock button provided on the cap member and rotates it in one direction so that the engagement piece provided on the lock button that engages the lid member releases the engagement. In general, the lid member moves so that the lid member is in an open state.

  By the way, the lock mechanism only holds the closed state so that the lid member does not open carelessly when the beverage container is stored in a bag or the like, and the contents do not leak. In addition, a separate mechanism is provided for fixing the lock button so as not to move so as not to easily shift to the open state.

About this locking mechanism, it is pivotally supported by an engagement piece provided at the rotation end of the lid member and a shaft member provided on the outer surface portion of the plug member, and is attached to be rotatable in the inner and outer directions of the plug member. A lock button having an engaging portion at which the engaging piece can be engaged and disengaged, and an urging means for urging the engaging portion in an engaging direction with the locking piece; and an outer periphery of the plug member A stopper piece that is slidably provided on the wall and restricts movement of the lock button in the unlocking direction when inserted between the lower part of the lock button and the outer peripheral wall of the plug member; There is one that employs a configuration including a sliding stopper including a locking portion held at an insertion position and a non-insertion position (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2005-193944 A

  However, in the case of the structure of Patent Document 1, when the lid is opened, it is necessary to perform different operations on two different members: sliding the slide stopper downward and then pushing the lock button inward. Therefore, it is difficult to perform these operations with one finger of one hand after having to look at each operation site by visually observing a sliding stopper or lock button or by touching the finger. There wasn't.

  Also, when using beverage containers during exercise such as jogging, walking, cycling, etc., you will be distracted by the complicated opening operation of the lid member, and you will notice obstacles on the road and changes in the road surface during the operation. Could cause dangers such as a collision or a fall.

  Accordingly, the object of the present invention is to provide a beverage container excellent in operability, which can be performed by one simple operation with respect to one member until the lid is opened from the locked state.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a container body having an opening in the upper part, a stopper attached to the opening of the container body and having a drinking mouth on the top plate, and a hinge with respect to the stopper. A lid that is rotatably mounted and that closes or opens the drinking hole in a watertight manner, and an opening mechanism that biases the lid in the opening direction, and a lock machine that holds the lid closed. Having a beverage container,
The lock mechanism is engaged with an engagement receiving portion provided on the lid body, and an engagement receiving portion of the lid body that is pivotally supported by the outer surface portion of the plug body and provided at one end thereof. An engagement member that rotates to a combined state and an engagement release state, and a slide button that is slidably attached to the outer surface side of the engagement member in a vertical direction,
When the slide button is in the upward movement position, the projecting piece provided integrally with the slide button comes into contact with a stopper provided on the plug, so that the engagement claw of the engagement member and the engagement receiving portion of the lid Are fully engaged and closed, while when the slide button is in the downward movement position, the projecting piece does not contact the stopper, and the slide button is operated in the disengagement direction to engage the slide button. A configuration is adopted in which the engagement between the engagement claw of the member and the engagement receiving portion of the lid is released and the lid is opened.

  According to the present invention, with a one-touch action of sliding the slide button with a finger, the engagement member locked by the contact between the protruding piece of the slide button and the stopper is released, and the finger directly on the slide button is moved as it is. Naturally, the engaging member is pushed in the disengagement direction, and the engagement of the lid body is released and the lid can be opened.

  According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, the engagement member is released from the engagement and the engagement member is engaged with the lid only by performing a natural operation of holding the beverage container in hand and pulling the thumb against the slide button. Since the combination can be released, the lid of the beverage container can be opened by a simple operation of sliding the slide button with one finger of one hand.

  Moreover, it is only necessary to find the slide button by finger feeling, etc., and it is not necessary to look at the two operation parts of the beverage container or to find it with the finger at the time of operation, and furthermore, only one-touch action of sliding the slide button is sufficient. Because there is no need to pay attention to two different actions, there is no danger when using the beverage container during jogging, walking, cycling and other exercises.

  Hereinafter, each embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a beverage container will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show an example of a beverage container according to the present invention. A beverage container 1 is made of a synthetic resin or metal container main body 2 and a synthetic resin made on a top of the container main body 2. It consists of a plug 10 and a lid 20 that covers the top of the plug 10.

  The container body 2 is a cylindrical body having a bottom and an opening 3 at the top, and contains a beverage liquid inside the cylindrical body, and the vicinity of the opening 3 is a cylindrical upper cylindrical body. 4 The stopper 10 has a size that allows the upper cylindrical body 4 of the container main body 2 to be externally fitted, and has a cylindrical body 11 that is open at the bottom, a top plate 12 that covers the top of the cylindrical body 11, and a top plate 12. A drinking mouth 13 is provided on the upper surface and has a smaller diameter than the tubular body 11 and is electrically connected to the tubular body 11.

  The plug body 10 is attached to the container body 2 by screwing a screw portion 14 provided inside the cylindrical body 11 of the plug body 10 into a screw portion 5 provided on the outer surface of the upper cylindrical body 4. The cylindrical body 11 is tightened and fixed to the vicinity where the lower end of the cylindrical body 11 comes into contact with the flange 6 of the container body 2, and the ring-shaped bottle packing 15 provided on the peripheral portion of the bottom surface of the top plate 12 in the stopper 10 is a container. By contacting the upper end of the upper cylindrical body 4 of the main body 2, the container main body 2 and the stopper 10 are connected in a watertight manner.

  The lid body 20 is attached to the plug body 10 such that the lid body 20 is pivotally mounted around a hinge 16 provided at the upper surface end of the top plate 12, and the lid body 20 is located above the plug body 10. When overlapped, the packing 21 provided on the lid 20 is in a closed state in which the drinking hole 13 of the stopper 10 is closed in a watertight manner, but the hinge 16 is provided with a spring 17a as an opening mechanism 17, and the lid A force for pulling 20 away from the plug 10 and releasing the closure of the drinking mouth 13 is energized.

  Further, the lid 20 and the stopper 10 are provided with a lock mechanism 30 for maintaining the state in which the packing 21 closes the drinking mouth 13, and this lock mechanism 30 is connected to the hinge 16 of the lid 20. The engagement receiving portion 22 provided on the opposite side, and the engagement receiving portion 22 of the lid 20 in the closed state with the engaging claw 33 provided on one end pivotally supported by the pin 32 on the outer surface portion of the plug body 10. And an engaging member 31 that rotates like a seesaw in the engaged state and the disengaged state, and a slide button 40 that is slidably mounted in the vertical direction with respect to the outer surface side of the engaging member 31. .

  FIG. 4 shows the engaging member 31, which is attached below the pin 32 pivotally supported by the plug body 10 with the compressed coil spring 34 sandwiched between it and the extension force of the coil spring 34. Thus, the engaging claw 33 is biased toward the lid 20 on the upper side of the pin 32, and the engagement of the lid 20 with the engaging claw 33 in the closed state to the engagement receiving portion 22 is maintained.

  FIG. 5 shows a slide button 40, which is slidably attached to the outside of the engagement member 31 so as to completely cover the engagement member 31, and the sliding mechanism for the engagement member 31 is an engagement member. When the slide guide 41 of the slide button 40 is fitted into the two slide grooves 35 provided along the length direction of the combined member 31, the upward movement position along the slide groove 35 with respect to the engagement member 31. Can slide freely from the position to the lower position.

  Further, a through hole 36 is formed at a position below the pin 32 of the engaging member 31, and the protruding piece 42 provided on the slide button 40 in this through hole 36 allows the slide button 40 to slide relative to the engaging member 31. However, when the slide button 40 is moved upward, the tip of the protruding piece 42 comes into contact with the stopper 18 protruding to the surface side of the plug body 10 so that the slide button 40 is pushed into the plug body 10 side. The slide button 40 and the engagement member 31 prevent the engagement claw 33 from rotating around the pin 32 in the direction in which the engagement of the lid 20 with the engagement receiving portion 22 is released. ing.

  Further, when the protrusions 43 provided in the horizontal direction on the back surface side of the slide button 40 get over the protrusions 37 provided in the horizontal direction on the front surface side of the engaging member 31, the uppermost position of the slide is moved upward. The upward movement position of the slide button 40 is held by the interference between the projection 37 and the projection 43.

  When the finger is pressed against the slide button 40 and the slide button 40 is slid from the upward movement position to the downward movement position against the fitting of the protrusion 37 of the engagement member 31 and the protrusion 43 of the slide button 40, the slide button The protruding piece 42 of 40 also slides downward, and the tip of the protruding piece 42 is disengaged from the stopper 18 of the plug body 10 in the middle of the downward movement position from the upward movement position, and the movement of the protruding piece 42 toward the plug body 10 is performed. The rotation is allowed to rotate together with the slide button 40 toward the plug body 10 on the lower side of the engaging member 31 with the pin 32 as the center. By this rotation, the engaging member 31 is located above the pin 32. The claw 33 can move in a direction to release the engagement with the engagement receiving portion 22 of the lid 20.

  In this case, the force applied to the finger naturally pushes the slide button 40 and the lower side of the pin 32 of the engagement member 31, and the slide button 40 and the engagement member 31 are rotated as they are. The fixing mechanism of the engaging member 31 for opening the lid 20 can be released and moved in the direction of releasing the engagement by one operation of the finger.

  The beverage container 1 of the present invention is configured as described above, and the operation of unlocking and opening the beverage container 1 will be described.

  First, FIG. 6 shows a state in which the lid 20 is closed and locked with respect to the stopper 10, and the lid 20 is closed against the force of the spring 17 a in the hinge 16, and is opposite to the hinge 16. The slide button 40 on the side is slid to the upward movement position, and the engagement receiving portion 22 of the lid 20 is engaged with the engagement claw 33 at the upper end of the engagement member 31 to keep the lid closed. When the protruding piece 42 of the slide button 40 abuts against the stopper 18 of the plug body 10, the engagement claw 33 of the engagement member 31 moves in a direction to release the engagement with the engagement receiving portion 22 on the lid body 20 side. The rotation is blocked.

  Further, since the protrusion 43 of the slide button 40 is fitted on the upper side of the protrusion 37 of the engagement member 31 and the slide button 40 is held at this position, the engagement claw 33 and the engagement receiving portion are held. The engagement of 22 is securely held, and the slide button 40 does not slide carelessly and the lid 20 does not open unintentionally.

  Next, when opening the lid 20 for drinking, while holding the beverage container 1, for example, put the belly of the thumb against the slide button 40 and apply a downward force to the finger to pull down the slide button 40. Then, the ridge 43 of the slide button 40 gets over the ridge 37 of the engagement member 31 and slides downward with respect to the engagement member 31 to be in the state of FIG.

  In the state shown in FIG. 7, the projecting piece 42 integrated with the slide button 40 also slides downward, and the tip end portion thereof is not in contact with the stopper 18 of the plug body 10. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, with the force of the finger pressing the slide button 40 to pull down the slide button 40, the slide button 40 is naturally moved below the pin 32 against the force of the coil spring 34. The engagement member 31 is pressed against the plug body 10 and rotates. As a result, the engagement of the engagement claw 33 with the engagement receiving portion 22 is released.

  Since the lid 20 from which the engagement claw 33 is disengaged from the engagement receiving portion 22 is automatically biased in the direction away from the plug 10 by the force of the spring 17a of the hinge 16. As shown in FIG. 9, the plug 10 is moved away from the drinking mouth 13.

  Thereafter, when the finger attached to the slide button 40 is released, the slide button 40 and the engaging member 31 are returned to their original positions before being pushed by the finger by the force of the coil spring 34, as shown in FIG. While holding the container 1, the beverage in the beverage container 1 can be drunk with the drinking mouth 13 facing downward.

  After use, the lid 20 is closed by turning around the hinge 16 so that the lid 20 is put on the stopper 10 by hand, and the engagement receiving portion 22 of the lid 20 is brought into contact with the engagement claw 33 of the lock mechanism 30. If it is pushed in from the top as it is, the engagement member 31 is rotated while the engagement receiving part 22 is pushed outward by the inclination of the contact surface between the engagement receiving part 22 and the engaging claw 33 and the coil spring 34 is compressed. Then, when the engagement receiving portion 22 enters the lower side of the engagement claw 33, the engagement member 31 returns to the original state by the force of the coil spring 34, and the engagement reception portion 22 and the engagement claw 33 are engaged. The lid 20 can maintain a closed state with respect to the stopper 10. This state is the same as FIG.

  Further, while taking care not to push the slide button 40 toward the plug body 10 by placing a finger on the slide button 40, for example, while pressing the upper side of the slide button 40, the slide button 40 is slid upward to project the protrusion on the slide button 40 side. 43 is moved over the protrusion 37 of the engaging member 31, the slide button 40 is fixed in the upward movement position, and the projecting piece 42 of the slide button 40 abuts against the stopper 18 of the plug body 10. It is possible to prevent the engagement claw 33 from being disengaged from the engagement receiving portion 22 due to the rotation of the joint member 31, and to prevent the lid 20 from being inadvertently opened. This state is the same as FIG.

  In addition, if the material of the engagement claw 33 of the engagement member 31 and the engagement receiving part 22 of the lid 20 is made of a material having resilience and elasticity, when the lid 20 is closed from the state of FIG. Even if the sliding member 40 is slid to the upper end portion to prevent the engaging member 31 from rotating, and the lid 20 is closed, the engaging member 31 is elastically deformed by the engaging claw 33 and the engaging receiving portion 22. Without the rotation, the engagement receiving portion 22 enters the lower side of the engagement claw 33, and the engagement is maintained as it is.

  In the beverage container according to the embodiment of the present invention, the cold insulation material 60 cooled by a refrigerator or the like can be suspended in the container body 2 as indicated by a virtual line in FIG.

It is a partially cutaway right view of the beverage container of this device. It is a perspective view of the drink container of this device. It is a front view of the drink container of this device. The engaging member is shown, (A) is a front view, (B) is a central longitudinal sectional view, and (C) is a rear view. The slide button is shown, (A) is a front view, (B) is a central longitudinal sectional view, and (C) is a rear view. It is a partially cutaway principal part side view which shows opening operation of the drink container of this invention. It is a partially cutaway principal part side view which shows opening operation of the drink container of this invention. It is a partially cutaway principal part side view which shows opening operation of the drink container of this invention. It is a partially cutaway principal part side view which shows opening operation of the drink container of this invention. It is a partially cutaway principal part side view which shows opening operation of the drink container of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Beverage container 2 Container main body 3 Opening part 4 Upper cylindrical body 5 Screw part 6 Saddle part 10 Plug body 11 Tubular body 12 Top plate 13 Drinking mouth 14 Screw part 15 Bottle packing 16 Hinge 17 Opening mechanism 17a Spring 18 Stopper 20 Lid Body 21 Packing 22 Engagement receiving part 30 Locking mechanism 31 Engaging member 32 Pin 33 Engaging claw 34 Coil spring 35 Slide groove 36 Through hole 37 Projection 40 Slide button 41 Slide guide 42 Projection piece 43 Projection

Claims (1)

A container body 2 having an opening 3 in the upper part, a plug 10 attached to the opening 3 of the container body 2 and having a drinking mouth 13 on the top plate 12, and rotatable with respect to the plug 10 via a hinge 16. And an opening mechanism 17 that urges the lid body 20 in the opening direction, and a lock mechanism that holds the lid body 20 in a closed state. 30 in a beverage container,
The lock mechanism 30 includes an engagement receiving portion 22 provided on the lid body 20 and an engagement claw 33 pivotally supported by the outer surface portion of the plug body 10 and provided at one end of the lid body 20 in a closed state. An engagement member 31 that rotates into an engagement state and an engagement release state with respect to the engagement receiving portion 22; and a slide button 40 that is slidably attached to the outer surface side of the engagement member 31 in the vertical direction. Consists of
When the slide button 40 is in the upward movement position, the protruding piece 42 provided integrally with the slide button 40 abuts against the stopper 18 provided on the plug body 10, so that the engagement claw 33 of the engagement member 31 and While the engagement receiving portion 22 of the lid 20 is completely engaged and closed, the projecting piece 42 does not come into contact with the stopper 18 when the slide button 40 is in the downward movement position. Is operated in the disengagement direction, so that the engagement between the engagement claw 33 of the engagement member 31 and the engagement receiving portion 22 of the lid body 20 is released and the lid is opened. Beverage container.

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