JP3177234U - Beverage container closure - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a beverage container stopper excellent in operability for locking and unlocking a lid member in a closed state.
A cap member 10 attached to a container body CB, a lid member 20 attached to the cap member 10 so as to be openable and closable, an opening and closing means 30 for opening and closing the lid member 20, and a lid member 20 being closed. And locking means 40 for locking to. The opening / closing means 30 is provided with a locking claw 31 provided on the lid member 20, and engages with the locking claw 31 to position the lid member 20 at the fully closed position, and the opening / closing operation member 32 attached to the plug member 10. And have. The lock means 40 is attached to the hanging portion 23 of the lid member 20 so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction, and includes a lock operation member 41 having a protrusion 42 protruding downward and an operation protrusion 43 protruding forward, and a lock operation member 41. And an engaging portion 44 formed on the opening / closing operation member 32, which engages with the protrusion 42.
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Description

  This device is used in portable beverage containers such as portable thermos bottles and water bottles, and is a direct-drinking type beverage in which a lid member is attached to a cap member attached to the container body via a hinge so as to be opened and closed. The present invention relates to a container stopper.

  An example of this type of plug is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-093544. As shown in FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b), the plug body is attached to the container main body 51 so that the plug body 52 can be opened by a hinge at the rear part of the plug member 52. A lid member 53, an opening / closing means 54 for opening and closing the lid member 53, and a lock means 55 for locking the lid member 53 in a closed state.

  The opening / closing means 54 includes an engaging portion 54a provided on the lid member 53, an opening / closing operation member 54b that engages with the engaging portion 54a by closing the lid member 53 and positions the lid member 53 at the fully closed position. The opening / closing operation member 54b is swingably attached to the plug member 52 so that the engagement with the locking portion 54a can be released.

  The lock means 55 is attached to the lid member 53 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction between the locked position and the unlocked position, and a lock operation member 55a having a downward projecting projection, and the lid member 53 being closed. An engagement portion 55b formed on the opening / closing operation member 54b, which engages with the protrusion of the lock operation member 55a slid to the lock position and disables the engagement release operation of the engagement portion 54a by the opening / closing operation member 54b; The lid member 53 can be locked in the closed state or unlocked by sliding the lock operation member 55a in the vertical direction.

JP 2011-093544 A

  However, in the plug body described above, in order to lock or unlock the closed lid member 53, the lock operation member 55a must be slid in the vertical direction, and the slide resistance is generally low. Since it is large, there is a problem that operability is poor.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a beverage container stopper excellent in operability of locking and unlocking of a lid member in a closed state.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the device according to claim 1 includes a plug member attached to a container body, a lid member attached to the plug member through a hinge so as to be opened and closed, and the lid member. An opening / closing means for opening and closing; and a locking means for locking the lid member in a closed state, wherein the opening / closing means is provided on the locking portion by closing the lid member and the locking portion provided on the lid member. Engaging and positioning the lid member in a fully closed position, and an opening / closing operation member attached to the plug member so as to be disengageable from the locking portion. A locking operation member having a protrusion projecting downward, which is attached to the lid member so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction between the locking position and the locking position, and wherein the lid member is rotated to the locking position in a closed state. Engage with the protrusion of the lock operating member And an engaging portion formed on the opening / closing operation member that disables the engagement releasing operation to the locking portion by the opening / closing operation member. To do.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece member is formed with a cylindrical mouth portion protruding upward, and the lid member is closed when closed. A packing for closing the opening end of the mouth is provided.

  As described above, the beverage container stopper according to the first aspect of the present invention rotates the lock operation member constituting the lock means in the vertical direction between the lock position and the unlock position. Therefore, the operation resistance is smaller than that in the case of sliding in the vertical direction, and the lock operation member can be moved upward by pushing up obliquely upward, so that the operability of the lock operation member is good.

  Moreover, in the stopper of the beverage container of the invention according to claim 2, since the cylindrical mouth part protruding upward is formed in the stopper member, the lid member is opened and the mouth is attached to the mouth body. You can drink the beverage directly, and it is easy to use.

(A) is a partial front view which shows the drink container with which one Embodiment of the stopper which concerns on this invention was mounted | worn with the container main body, (b) is a partial side view which shows a drink container same as the above. It is a perspective view which shows the plug body same as the above. It is a perspective view which shows the state which opened the cover member in the plug body same as the above. It is a top view which shows the state which opened the cover member in the plug body same as the above. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the plug body same as the above. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which cancelled | released the lock | rock of the closed cover member in a plug body same as the above. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which canceled the positioning of the cover member by the opening / closing means in the plug body same as the above. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which opened the cover member in the plug body same as the above. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which locked the closed cover member in the plug body same as the above. (A) is a perspective view which shows the locked state of the locking means which comprises the plug body same as the above, (b) is a perspective view which shows the lock release state of the locking means same as the above. (A), (b) is a perspective view which shows the rotation state of a lock operation member. (A) is sectional drawing which shows the state which locked the closed lid member in the conventional stopper, (b) is sectional drawing which shows the state which unlocked the same closed lid member.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1A and 1B show the upper part of a beverage container in which a stopper 1 according to the present invention is mounted on a container body CB.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the plug 1 includes a plug member 10 attached to the container body CB, and a lid member 20 attached to the plug member 10 through a hinge 1 a so as to be opened and closed. The opening / closing means 30 for opening and closing the lid member 20 and the locking means 40 for locking the lid member 20 in the closed state are provided. The lid member 20 is always provided by a pair of torsion springs 1b attached to the hinge 1a portion. , Biased in the opening direction.

  As shown in the figure, the plug member 10 includes a base member 11 that is screwed into a small-diameter mouth portion of the container body CB, and is fitted into the base member 11 so that the upper end of the mouth portion of the container body CB. The base member 11 has a cylindrical spout portion 12 that rises on the front side and also functions as a drinking mouth.

  As shown in the figure, the lid member 20 includes a lid main body 21 having a peripheral wall continuously provided on the peripheral edge of an elliptical top plate, and a closed portion 22 fixed to the inner surface side of the top plate of the lid main body 21. And a drooping portion 23 connected to the front edge of the closing portion 22 and a packing 24 attached to the lower surface of the closing portion 22, and is attached to the closing portion 22 when the lid member 20 is closed. The packing 24 seals the spout portion 12 of the plug member 10.

  The opening / closing means 30 includes a locking claw 31 formed at a lower end portion of a housing portion sandwiched between a pair of left and right partition walls 21 a protruding to the front side of the peripheral wall of the lid body 21 in the lid member 20, Corresponding to the partition wall 21a, the plug member 10 is pivotally supported by the partition wall 11a so as to be swingable in a housing part surrounded by the partition wall 11a protruding to the front side of the base member 11 except for the upper part. Further, in the opening / closing operation member 32 having an engaging recess 33 that can be engaged with the locking claw 31 on the upper side, and the opening / closing operation member 32 disposed between the housing portion of the base member 11 and the opening / closing operation member 32. And a coil spring 35 that urges the lower portion of the swing shaft 34 to the outside (front side), and the opening / closing operation member 32 has an upper portion where the engagement recess 33 is formed above the base member 11. Overhangs. The region sandwiched between the pair of left and right partition walls 21a formed on the lid body 21 is a front cover portion connected to the top plate of the lid body 21 and the pair of left and right partition walls 21a except for the lower end portion thereof. 21b.

  Therefore, when the lid member 20 in the opened state is closed, the upper end side of the opening / closing operation member 32 attached to the plug member 10 comes into contact with the locking claw 31 formed on the lid member 20. As the upper end of the opening / closing operation member 32 is pushed outward, the engagement claw 31 gets over the engagement claw 31 and the engagement recess 33 engages with the engagement claw 31 so that the lid member 20 is positioned at the fully closed position. (See FIG. 6).

  Further, when the lid member 20 is positioned at the fully closed position, as shown in FIG. 7, when the lower part of the opening / closing operation member 32 is pushed against the urging force of the coil spring 35, the engagement recess with respect to the locking claw 31 is performed. Since the engagement of 33 is released, the lid member 20 is opened to the fully open position by the biasing force of the torsion spring 1b (see FIG. 8).

  The locking means 40 is sandwiched between a pair of left and right partition walls 21a of the lid body 21 as shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 and FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b) and FIGS. 11 (a) and 11 (b). A protrusion projecting downward attached to the hanging portion 23 of the lid member 20 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction between the lower lock position and the upper lock release position on the upper side of the locking claw 31 in the housing portion. 42 and the lock operation member 41 having the operation protrusion 43 protruding forward, and the lid member 20 are fully closed, that is, the engagement recess 33 of the opening / closing operation member 32 is engaged with the locking claw 31, And an engaging portion 44 formed at the upper end of the opening / closing operation member 32 that can be engaged with the protrusion 42 of the lock operation member 41.

  The operation protrusion 43 slightly protrudes from a hole h formed in the front cover portion 21b covering a region sandwiched between a pair of left and right partition walls 21a formed in the lid body 21. The movement range of the operation protrusion 43 is set by the hole h, and accordingly, the lock operation member 41 can be rotated between the lower lock position and the upper lock release position. .

  Therefore, when the lock operation member 41 is rotated to the lock position by pushing down the operation protrusion 43 obliquely downward with the lid member 20 positioned at the fully closed position, it is shown in FIGS. 9 and 10A. As described above, the protrusion 42 engages with the engaging portion 44 of the opening / closing operation member 32 to restrict the swinging of the opening / closing operation member 32, and conversely, by pushing the operation protrusion 43 obliquely upward, the lock operation member 41 is moved. When rotated to the unlocking position, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 10B, the engagement of the protrusion 42 with the engaging portion 43 is released, and the opening / closing operation member 32 is allowed to swing, that is, the opening / closing operation is allowed. It has come to be.

  As described above, in this plug body 1, the lock operation member 41 constituting the lock means 40 is rotated in the vertical direction between the lock position and the lock release position. Compared with the case of sliding, the operation resistance is small, and the lock operation member 41 can be moved upward by pushing the operation protrusion 43 obliquely upward, so that the operability of the lock operation member 41 is good.

  Moreover, since this plug body 1 has the cylindrical spout part 12 in which the plug member 10 stands upwards, the lid member 20 is opened and a mouth is attached to the spout part 12, so that the inside of the container body CB Can drink directly and is easy to use.

  The present invention can be used as a plug for a beverage container such as a portable beverage container such as a portable thermos bottle or water bottle.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Plug body 1a Hinge 1b Torsion spring 10 Port member 11 Base member 11a Partition wall 12 Outlet part 13 Packing 20 Lid member 21 Lid main body 21a Partition wall 21b Front cover part 22 Closure part 23 Hanging part 24 Packing 30 Opening / closing means 31 Engagement Claw (locking part)
32 Opening / closing operation member 33 Engaging recess 34 Oscillating shaft 35 Coil spring 40 Locking means 41 Locking operation member 42 Protrusion 43 Operation protrusion 44 Engaging portion CB Container body h Hole

Claims (2)

A plug member attached to the container body;
A lid member attached to the plug member via a hinge so as to be opened and closed;
Opening and closing means for opening and closing the lid member;
Locking means for locking the lid member in a closed state,
The opening / closing means includes a locking portion provided on the lid member, and an engagement with the locking portion that engages the locking portion by closing the lid member and positions the lid member in a fully closed position. An opening / closing operation member attached to the plug member so as to be releasable,
The locking means includes a lock operating member having a protrusion projecting downward and attached to the lid member so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction between an unlock position and a lock position, and the lid member being closed. An engagement portion formed on the opening / closing operation member that engages with the protrusion of the lock operation member rotated to a locked position and disables the engagement release operation with respect to the locking portion by the opening / closing operation member; A beverage container stopper characterized by comprising: The plug member is formed with a cylindrical mouth portion protruding upward,
The cap of a beverage container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lid member is provided with a packing that closes the open end of the mouth when closed.

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