JPH09142585A - Handy jug - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple jug which can be easily fitted to a plastic drinking bottle and through which a drink can be easily poured to a cup or the like even when it is a heavy plastic drink bottle. SOLUTION: A simple jug is provided with an opening formed at the upper face of the body, to receive the pouring outlet of a plastic drink container 50 and support the bottle turned upside down. The pouring outlet of the container received in the jug body is connected to a tubular member 20 constituting the passage leading the drink in the container to the outside of the jug body through the connection part 10. And an opening/closing cock 30 is fitted to the front end protruded to the outside of the tubular member in the jug body.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a simple jug which is connected to a plastic beverage container such as a so-called PET bottle to facilitate pouring a beverage such as juice therein into a cup.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, plastic bottles made of plastic are widely used as packages for juice, tea and the like. PET bottles can easily package relatively large amounts of beverages such as 1.5 liters and 2 liters and are convenient for transportation, so they can be used not only at home but also outdoors during camping and sports. It is becoming more and more used.

On the other hand, if the plastic bottle becomes large, its weight naturally increases, and it becomes inconvenient to pour the beverage into the cup. This is a heavy burden for small children, women, and the elderly.

[0004]

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is that it can be easily attached to a plastic beverage container, and even if it is a heavy plastic beverage container, the beverage can be easily removed from it. It is to provide a simple jug that allows pouring into a cup or the like.

[0005]

Means, Actions and Effects for Solving the Problems The present invention has been made to effectively solve the above problems. In the simple jug of the present invention, an opening is formed on the upper surface of the jug body for receiving the spout of a plastic beverage container and supporting the container in an inverted state. Then, a connecting portion connected to the spout of the plastic beverage container received in the jug body, a tubular member forming a flow path for guiding the beverage in the container to the outside of the body from the connecting portion, and protruding to the outside of the body And an opening / closing cock attached to the end of the tubular member.

In the jug having such a structure, the plastic beverage container is supported in an inverted state, and the beverage can be poured into the cup simply by opening the opening / closing cock. Therefore, it is not necessary to lift the container when pouring the beverage into the cup, and even a weak person such as a small child, a woman, or an elderly person can easily pour the beverage in the container into the cup.

As the main body of the jug, in addition to the cylindrical one, a polygonal prism such as a quadrangular prism or a hexagonal prism can be adopted. When the shape of a polygonal column is adopted, it is excellent in that there is no risk of rolling when it is loaded in a vehicle.

Although there are various sizes of the spouts of plastic beverage containers, if an adapter to be used by being attached to the connecting portion or the spout of the container is prepared, it can be used for various types of spouts. Jug can be used.

In the jug of the present invention, it is preferable that a bent portion is provided at a portion of the tubular member located inside the jug body, or the tubular member is formed of a flexible tube. When a bent portion is provided, the tubular member is bent at the bent portion, and when the flexible tube is adopted, the tubular member is bent at a predetermined position, and in both cases, opening and closing when a jug is not used The cock can be stored in the jug body, making it convenient to carry and store the jug.

Further, in order to stably erect the jug main body, it is preferable to provide at least three stands radially protruding from the bottom of the main body, but these stands can also be housed in the jug main body. It is convenient.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a simple jug according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG.
It shows a schematic perspective view of the jug 1 in use.
The inverted spout 51 of the PET bottle 50 is received in the jug body from the opening on the upper surface of the jug body, and the opening supports the PET bottle 50. The spout 51 of the PET bottle is connected to the connecting portion 10 in the jug body, and from the connecting portion 10, a flow path pipe 20 for guiding the beverage to the outside of the jug body extends. An opening / closing cock 30 is attached to the tip of the flow path pipe 20, and the drink in the plastic bottle can be poured into the cup 60 by opening the cock 30.

FIG. 2 shows a sectional view of the jug 1. The main body of the jug 1 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and the top surface 7 and the bottom surface 8 are open. A plastic bottle support plate 2 is provided in parallel to the top and bottom surfaces slightly above the central portion of the main body in the vertical direction. The substantially cylindrical body has a bottom surface 8
The diameter is slightly smaller from the upper side to the upper support plate 2, and the diameter is constant in the portion above the plate 2. On the inner peripheral surface of the opening on the upper surface of the jug body, a sponge 9 for stably supporting the PET bottle should be fixed with an adhesive or the like continuously or at intervals along the entire circumference. Is preferred.

The spout 51 of the plastic bottle 50 and the flow path pipe 20
The connecting portion 10 for connecting with the first pipe portion 21 is shown in the center of FIG. 2, and an enlarged view of the connecting portion 10 is shown in FIG. A central portion of the plate 2 is opened, and a hanging cylindrical engagement wall 12 is formed around the opening 11. The screw portion 12a formed on the inner peripheral surface of the engagement wall 12 engages with the screw portion formed on the spout 51 of the plastic bottle 50. on the other hand,
The threaded portion 12b formed on the outer peripheral surface of the engagement wall 12 engages with the threaded portion 13b formed on the inner peripheral surface of the tightening cap 13.

Generally, the size of the spout of the PET bottle is large or small, but the size of the engagement wall 12 is adjusted to the larger size. When the jug 1 is used for a plastic bottle having a small spout, the adapter 33 shown in FIG. 2 is used to engage the spout with the engagement wall 12. That is, the adapter 33 is a cylindrical member having threaded portions formed on the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface,
The screw portion 33a formed on the outer peripheral surface is the screw portion 1 on the inner peripheral surface of the engaging wall.
Engage with 2a. Further, the screw portion 33 formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof
b is sized to engage a small size spout. Further, even when a plastic bottle having a spout of a size other than the above is commercialized, the same can be done by preparing an adapter having an inner peripheral surface of a size that can be engaged with the spout of the size. can do.

A connecting pipe 14 and a tightening cap 13 are used to connect the PET bottle support plate 2 to the flow pipe 20 (see FIG. 4) via the connecting portion 10. The connection pipe 14 is a cylindrical pipe having a flange 14a at one end. On the other hand, the tightening cap 13 is a bottomed cylindrical member, and an opening for passing a connecting pipe is formed in the center of the bottom part thereof. First, connection pipe 14
The tip end of is connected to the opening formed in the bottom of the tightening cap, and the collar 14a of the connecting pipe is brought into contact with the inner surface of the bottom around the opening. In this state, the tightening cap 13b is screw-engaged with the engaging wall 12 of the plate 2 and tightened. In this way, the connecting pipe 14 is attached to the plate 2 by connecting the connecting pipe 14 and the engagement wall 12.

Next, the flow passage pipe 20 is further connected to the connecting pipe. First, the flow passage pipe 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

The flow path pipe 20 includes an L-shaped first pipe portion 21.
And the linear second pipe portion 22 are connected via a rotary joint 23. The first pipe portion 21 is formed by connecting the connection pipe side portion 21a and the joint side portion 21b so as to form a right angle with each other. The first pipe portion 21 and the rotary joint 23 are arranged in the jug body, but the second pipe portion 22 has one end thereof passing through the vertically extending slot 4 formed in the peripheral wall portion 3 of the jug body. It projects to the outside. An opening / closing cock 30 for finally taking out the beverage is attached to a tip end portion of the second pipe portion 22 protruding to the outside of the jug body. The second pipe portion 22 is a rotary joint with respect to the first pipe portion 21. Since it is connected via 23, the opening / closing cock 30 is placed in the use position shown by the solid line in FIG. 2 when using the jug, and when the jug is not used, the opening / closing cock is moved to the storage position shown by the dotted line in FIG. 30 can be stored. As described above, the simple jug of the present invention is convenient for carrying and storing. The same effect can be obtained when the first pipe portion and the second pipe portion are integrally formed of a flexible tube without using the rotary joint.

5 (a) and 5 (b) are sectional views showing the case where the second pipe portion 22 is in the use position and the case where the second pipe portion 22 is in the storage position, respectively. When the second pipe portion 22 is in the use position, the flow passage 210 in the first pipe portion and the flow passage 220 in the second pipe portion are in communication with each other, and the liquid flows through the rotary joint 23 in the arrow direction. You can When the second pipe portion 22 is in the storage position, the joint side portion 21b of the first pipe portion 21
And the second pipe portion 22 are orthogonal to each other, and the flow path is disconnected in the rotary joint 23. The inside of the rotary joint 23 is sufficiently sealed so that liquid does not leak.

The connecting pipe side portion 21a of the first pipe portion is provided with an elastically deformable press-fitting connecting portion 26. By press-fitting the press-fitting connecting portion 26 into the tip end portion 14b of the connecting pipe, The 1 pipe part 21 and the connecting pipe 14 are connected. Also,
The rotary joint 23 of the flow path pipe 20 is fixed to the jug body via the fixing portion 40.

The fixing portion 40 is a member having a U-shaped vertical cross section attached to the inner surface side of the peripheral wall portion 3 of the jug body, and comprises a ceiling plate 41 and a hanging wall 42 hanging from both sides thereof. To be done. The hanging wall 42 is formed with a groove portion 43 extending from its lower end to slightly lower end, and the engaging projection 25 projecting from the side surface of the rotary joint 23 is received in this groove portion 23. In FIG. 4, the groove 43 of the depending wall 42 and the rotary joint
Only the front side of the engaging projection 25 of 23 appears, but the groove and the engaging projection are provided on both hanging walls and both side surfaces of the rotary joint, respectively. The rotary joint 23 first inserts each engaging protrusion 25 into the groove 43 of the hanging wall,
Next, pass the screw 90 through the screw hole 44 formed in the ceiling plate 41,
This screw 90 is a screw engaging portion provided on the upper surface of the rotary joint 23.
It is attached to the fixed portion 40 by stopping at 24.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, at least three stowable stands 35 (see FIG. 1) are provided on the bottom surface of the jug body along the circumferential direction. Each stand 35 has a mounting portion 36 provided on the inner surface side of the bottom portion of the peripheral wall portion 3 of the jug body.
It is attached rotatably by means of pin coupling or the like. When the jug is not used, each stand 35 is housed inside the main body and held by an appropriate locking means (not shown). Then, when the jug is used, the stand 35 can be protruded to the outside of the jug main body by rotating around the pin coupling portion. It is preferable that the stand 35 can be locked even in the protruding position. A cutout 37 for projecting each stand 35 is formed on the bottom of the peripheral wall 3 of the jug body. As the stand, a pull-out type stand can be adopted in addition to the rotating type.

An actual method of using the simple jug 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, the cap (not shown) of the plastic bottle 50 is removed to open it. Next, the jug 1 is turned upside down (that is, the bottom surface 8 faces upward), and the jug 1 is put on the PET bottle so that the spout 51 of the PET bottle 50 is introduced into the jug 1 from the opened upper surface 7. (Fig. 6
(a)).

By rotating the jug 1 and the PET bottle 50 relative to each other, the threaded portion 12a on the inner peripheral surface of the engagement wall of the PET bottle support plate 2 and the threaded portion of the spout 51 of the PET bottle are threadedly engaged with each other. Unify. And the bottom surface 8 of the jug 1
The stand 35 is projected to the outside from the inside (Fig. 6 (b)).
At this time, if necessary, the adapter 33 described above with reference to FIG. 2 is previously attached to the engaging wall 12 of the plate 2 or the spout of the PET bottle.

The integrated jug 1 and PET bottle 50 are turned upside down, and the whole bottom surface 8 of the jug 1 is placed upright (FIG. 6 (c)).

Finally, the second pipe portion 22 of the passage pipe 20 is passed through the slot 4 formed in the peripheral wall portion 3 of the jug body.
To the outside of the jug body (Fig. 6 (d)). In this state, when the opening / closing cock 30 is twisted to the open position as shown in FIG. 1, the beverage in the plastic bottle 50 can be poured into the cup 60 through the connecting portion 10 and the flow path pipe 20.

Although only the jug having a substantially cylindrical main body is shown, a polygonal prism such as a square prism or a hexagonal prism can be used as the jug main body. In those cases, For example, the shape of the opening formed on the upper surface of the main body can be dealt with by making appropriate changes such as changing the shape of the opening so that the plastic bottle can be stably supported. In the case of a polygonal prism, the jug body is excellent in that it does not have a risk of rolling when loaded in a vehicle.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a usage state of a simple jug of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the jug of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view showing a connecting portion shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an exploded view for explaining connection and fixing of the flow path pipe to the jug of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state of the flow path pipe of FIG. 4 in a use position and a storage position.

FIG. 6 is a schematic explanatory diagram illustrating an actual usage of the simple jug of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Simple Jug 2 PET Bottle Support Plate 3 Circumferential Wall 4 Slot 7 Top 8 Bottom 9 Sponge 10 Connection 11 Opening 12 Engagement Wall 13 Tightening Cap 14 Connection Pipe 20 Flow Pipe 21 First Pipe 22 Second Pipe 23 Rotating joint 24 Screw engaging part 26 Press fitting connecting part 30 Opening / closing cock 33 Adapter 35 Stand 36 Mounting part 37 Rotating shaft 38 Notch part 40 Fixing part 41 Ceiling board 42 Hanging wall 43 Groove part 44 Screw hole 50 PET bottle 51 PET bottle Spout 60 cup 90 screw

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A spout (5) for a plastic beverage container (50).
An opening (7) for receiving the container (1) and supporting the container (50) in an inverted state is formed on the upper surface of the main body, and a connecting part (a part connected to the spout (51) of the container received in the main body ( 10), a tubular member (20) constituting a flow path for guiding the beverage in the container from the connecting portion (10) to the outside of the main body, and an opening / closing cock (30 attached to the end of the tubular member protruding outside the main body (30) )
A jug characterized by comprising and. 2. The adapter (33) can be attached to the connecting portion (10) to be used for a plastic beverage container having a plurality of sizes of spouts. The jug according to Item 1. 3. The portion (22) of the tubular member (20) provided with the opening / closing cock (30) protruding to the outside of the jug body can be housed in the jug body.
The jug according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The tubular member (20) is provided with a bent portion (23) that bends inside the jug body, and by bending the tubular member at the bent portion (23), the tubular member protrudes outside the jug body of the tubular member. The part (2) equipped with the opening / closing cock (30)
The jug according to claim 3, wherein 2) can be stored in the jug body. 5. The tubular member (20) is composed of a flexible tube, and a portion provided with the opening / closing cock (30) protruding outside the jug body of the tubular member by bending a predetermined portion of the tubular member ( 22) The jug according to claim 3, wherein the jug (22) can be stored in the jug main body. 6. A predetermined number of stands (35) radially projecting from the bottom surface of the jug body to the outside and accommodating inside the jug body are provided.
The jug according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.