JP7194394B2 - Beverage container carrying device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a carrying tool for carrying a beverage container such as a PET bottle.

Appropriate containers are used for distribution of various beverages, and in recent years, PET bottles have been widely used as containers. Also, since the beverage container is carried and drunk in the same manner as a water bottle, there have been conventionally known beverage container carrying tools (PET bottle holders) having various structures. For example, in Patent Document 1, a container body having a heat-insulating structure and a cap body attached to the container body by holding down the neck of a beverage container (PET bottle) stored in the container body, and the PET bottle is kept in a heat and cold insulation state. A heat-retaining portable device that can be opened and closed is disclosed.

In addition, especially in recent years, a large number of PET bottles with capacities ranging from 500 ml to 600 ml have different shapes, and there are known portable tools that can accommodate these different shapes. Patent Document 2 discloses a means in which a spring member is installed in the bottom of the container body to push up the stored PET bottle and the neck portion of the beverage container comes into contact with the cap body. , disposing a cylindrical spacer having a flange portion at the bottom, and disposing the spacer vertically.

JP-A-10-194360. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2018-773. Registered Utility Model No. 3229902.

As means for coping with different shapes (different neck heights) of beverage containers (PET bottles, etc.), in the configurations shown in Patent Documents 2 and 3, an adjustment member (spring member or spacer ), and an increase in the number of members, in particular, has a direct impact on manufacturing costs.

In terms of operability, with the means described in Patent Document 2, if the spring repulsive force of the spring member is increased, the cap body must be mounted against the spring repulsive force, and mounting the cap body is troublesome and, on the contrary, weak. The push-up force of the accommodated beverage container is insufficient. The method described in Patent Document 3 is very troublesome because the spacer must be removed from the container body for each change.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention proposes a novel beverage container carrying tool having a cap body that can accommodate beverage containers of different shapes.

A beverage container carrying device according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a container body for storing a beverage container, and a state in which a stopper portion of the beverage container stored in the container body protrudes outward from an upper opening of the container body. A beverage container-carrying device comprising a cap body to be mounted in a container, wherein the cap body comprises a cylindrical mounting part to be mounted on the container body, and a cap part having a top opening from which the plug part projects from the top. the cap portion is formed between the top opening portion and the cylindrical mounting portion so as to form a mountain-shaped slope by connecting the multi-stage ring-shaped plate portion and the ring-shaped plate portion with a flexible portion; It is characterized in that it is possible to change the height of the portion where the container is held down by folding the plate portion .

A beverage container (usually a PET bottle) is housed in the container body, and the cap body is attached to the container body in a state in which the stopper portion of the beverage container protrudes outward from the top opening. The height of the mountain-shaped slope can be changed by folding the body's mountain-shaped slope with the flexible portion as necessary, so that it is possible to cope with the difference in the shape of the pet bottle (the difference in the height of the shoulder portion).

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beverage container carrying device in which, in the above-described beverage container carrying device, a protrusion for suppressing the beverage container is provided at the lower edge of the opening of the top opening, and the protrusion for suppressing the beverage container abuts on the shoulder of the beverage container stored in the container body to hold down the beverage container in the container body, realizing stable carrying of the beverage container.

Further, a beverage container carrying device according to claim 3 of the present invention is the above-mentioned beverage container carrying device, in which the mountain-shaped inclined surface is composed of three plate portions, namely, an upper plate portion, a middle plate portion, and a lower plate portion, The top opening and the upper plate portion, as well as the lower plate portion and the cylindrical mounting portion, are connected by a flexible portion. The height position of each top opening can be selected when only the plate portion is pushed in and when the upper and lower plate portions are pushed in.

In addition, the beverage container carrying device according to claim 4 of the present invention is the beverage container carrying device described above, in which the container body is a heat-insulated container, and is similar to other conventional heat-retaining and cold-insulating carrying devices. It becomes possible to carry it in a cold storage state.

According to the configuration of the present invention, in the beverage container carrying device composed of the container body and the cap body as described above, the height of the top opening can be changed when the cap body is attached to the container body. By improving the cap body, it is possible to cope with PET bottles having different shapes without adopting the

An overall view and a cross-sectional view of a cap body according to an embodiment of the present invention. Enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part. The whole perspective view and partial expanded sectional view of the same use state (at the time of non-folding state). The same figure (when the upper plate portion is folded). The same figure (when the lower plate portion is folded). The same figure (when the upper plate portion and the lower plate portion are folded). Another example figure of the same cap body.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described. The beverage container carrying device shown in the embodiment is intended for PET bottles (beverage containers) A to D (with different overall heights, body diameters, and shoulder shapes) in the range of 500 ml to 600 ml capacity that are commercially available and distributed. It is composed of a container body 1 and a cap body 2.

The container body 1 is a vacuum double container made of stainless steel. A cylindrical container formed in the shape of a container having a threaded connection portion 12 provided on the outer peripheral surface of an upper opening portion 11 .

The cap body 2 is composed of a cylindrical base portion (cylindrical mounting portion) 2a made of hard resin and a cap portion 2b continuously provided above the base portion 2a. A threaded portion 21 to be attached to the threaded connection portion 12 is provided.

The cap portion 2b has a ring-shaped portion 22 at the top and a bottom portion connected to the base portion (cylindrical mounting portion) 2a, which is connected by a mountain-shaped slope. A top opening 221 having a diameter of 37 mm is formed so that the plug a can protrude, and a pressing protrusion 222 is provided on the lower edge of the inner periphery of the top opening 221 .

The mountain-shaped slope includes a three-step ring-shaped plate portion consisting of an upper plate portion 23, an intermediate plate portion 24, and a lower plate portion 25, a first flexible portion 26 connecting between the ring-shaped portion 22 and the upper plate portion 23, and an upper plate. a second flexible portion 27 connecting between the portion 23 and the middle plate portion 24; a third flexible portion 28 connecting between the middle plate portion 24 and the lower plate portion 25; Each flexible part is connected by each flexible part of the fourth flexible part 29 which connects between them, and each flexible part is formed thin so that each plate part can be folded. In particular, the first flexible portion 26 and the third flexible portion 28 form a thin portion so as to form a valley fold (press and fold into a V shape), and the second flexible portion 27 and the fourth flexible portion 29 is formed by forming a thin portion so as to form a mountain fold.

In the carrying tool, any one of the PET bottles A to D is housed in the container body 1, and the cap body 2 is attached to the container body 1 so that it can be carried in a warm/cold state. The cap body 2 is appropriately folded and adjusted according to the different shapes of the bottles AD.

Specifically, when the PET bottle A, which has the highest total height, is to be carried, if the cap body 2 is attached to the container body after the PET bottle A is accommodated in the container body 1, leaving the mountain-shaped slope portion of the cap body 2 as it is, As shown in FIG. 3, the stopper portion of the PET bottle A protrudes outward from the top opening 221, and the restraining projection 222 and the third flexible portion 28 of the ring-shaped portion 22 come into contact with the shoulder of the PET bottle A. state, and the PET bottle A is carried.

Moreover, by folding the mountain-shaped slope of the cap body 2, it is possible to carry PET bottles B to C of different heights. As shown in FIG. 3, and the pressing protrusion 222 comes into contact with the shoulder of the PET bottle B, which is lower than the PET bottle A, so that the PET bottle B is carried.

5 and 6, when only the lower plate portion 25 is pushed downward without pushing the ring-shaped portion 22 (FIG. 5), the ring-shaped portion 22 is further pushed in the pushed state, and the mountain-shaped slope is formed. can be selected, and PET bottles C and D having different heights can be carried.

In the present invention, instead of forming the upper and lower plate portions 23, 24, and 25 as described above, the upper and lower plate portions may be formed in two steps so as to switch between two steps, or as shown in FIG. A cap body 2A having a base part 2c formed of a flexible resin is adopted without forming a threaded connection part 12 on the outer periphery of the upper opening 11 of the container body 1A, and the container body 1A is fitted to the cap body 2A. You may adopt the structure which carries out.

1, 1A container main body 11 upper opening 12 threaded joint 2, 2A cap bodies 2a, 2c base portion (cylindrical mounting portion)
2b Cap portion 21 Threaded portion 22 Ring-shaped portion 221 Top opening 222 Pressing protrusion 23 Upper plate portion 24 Middle plate portion 25 Lower plate portion 26 First flexible portion 27 Second flexible portion 28 Third flexible portion 29 Fourth Flexible part A, B, C, D PET bottle (beverage container)

Claims (6)

A beverage container carrying device comprising a container body for storing a beverage container, and a cap body fitted to an upper opening of the container body with the stopper portion of the beverage container housed in the container body projecting outward. The cap body comprises a cylindrical mounting portion to be mounted on the container body and a cap portion having a top opening from which the plug portion protrudes , the cap portion comprising the top opening and the cylindrical mounting portion. The multi-stage ring-shaped plate portion and the ring-shaped plate portion are connected by a flexible portion to form a mountain-shaped slope, and the height of the container holding portion can be changed by folding the ring-shaped plate portion. A beverage container carrying tool characterized by: 2. A beverage container carrying device according to claim 1, wherein a projection for holding down the beverage container is provided on the lower edge of the top opening. The mountain-shaped slope is composed of three stages of the upper, middle and lower plates, and the top opening and the upper plate, as well as the lower plate and the cylindrical attachment, are connected by flexible parts. 3. The beverage container-carrying device according to claim 1 or 2. 3. A beverage container carrying device according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the container body is a heat insulating container. 3. The beverage container carrying device according to claim 1 , wherein the structure for attaching the cap body to the container body is a screwing structure. 3. The beverage container carrying device according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting structure of the cap body to the container body is a fitting structure.

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