JPH1035708A - Cap having pouring cylinder for beverage container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To tilt or stand up a pouring cylinder without touching the pouring cylinder with fingers by a method wherein for a container which opens or closes a pouring passage for a contained liquid by tilting or standing up the pouring cylinder which is attached to a cap, a covering lid which covers the tilted pouring cylinder and is fitted on the upper surface of the cap, is attached to the cap by a connecting piece. SOLUTION: At the time of usage of a pouring container, when a knob 34 of a covering lid D, is held and opened upward, an engaging part 35 is engaged with a side end edge at the tip of a pouring cylinder C, and the pouring cylinder C is stood up, and when the covering lid D is further turned, the pouring cylinder C can be stood up to the standing position. Then, when the pouring cylinder C is stood at the standing position, the pouring hole 22 of the pouring cylinder C meets the outlet hole 9 of a cap B, and a pouring passage is formed, and a beverage, which is the content, can be drunk form the pouring cylinder C. When the covering lid D is closed, the pouring passage is closed by tilting the pouring cylinder C, and at the time of closing, the engaging part 35 gets over the side end edge at the tip of the pouring cylinder C, and is located under the side end edge, and by this motion, the lower end of the covering lid D is fitted on an engaging stage 10 of the cap B.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cap with a dispensing tube for a beverage container having a dispensing tube attached to the upper portion of the cap so as to be able to be turned upside down.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A pouring container in which a pouring tube is attached to an upper portion of a cap so that the pouring channel can be opened and closed by opening and closing the pouring tube is known. I have.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional dispensing container has been mainly used as a dispensing container for foodstuffs, household detergents, cosmetics and the like. It is designed to be used as a dispensing container by directly sucking and drinking from the dispensing cylinder. At this time, the packaging film is peeled off to raise the dispensing cylinder with the fingers to suck and drink the contents liquid.If the fingers are dirty, dust and germs on the fingers adhere to the dispensing cylinder. If you do not touch the dispensing cylinder after washing, the problem of poor hygiene has arisen. In addition, when the container is large and cannot be completely swallowed at one time, if the contents are to be sucked and drunk at a later time, the spout cylinder should be tilted to close the spout channel and temporarily store it. Dust, germs, and the like in the air adhere to the dispensing cylinder marked with, causing a problem of poor hygiene.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0004] The present invention has as its technical object to solve the above problems, and has a cover for covering a cap, so that the dispensing cylinder can be turned upside down without touching the dispensing cylinder with a finger. An object of the present invention is to provide a cap with a discharge tube for a sanitary container.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a cap with a dispensing cylinder for a beverage container, wherein the dispensing cylinder is attached to the upper part of the cap so as to be able to be turned upside down. In the cap of the dispensing container that can open and close the flow path of the content liquid by raising and lowering the dispensing cylinder, a cover lid that covers the fallen dispensing cylinder and is fitted to the upper surface of the cap via a connecting piece. The configuration is characterized by being attached to the cap.

As a more specific embodiment, as the cover, a locking portion is provided on the inner periphery of the cover body side wall tube, which engages with the edge of the tip of the pouring tube which has fallen down when the cover is closed. A configuration is adopted in which the pouring cylinder is raised by the stop portion.

[0007]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, A is a container containing a beverage, and is molded from PET, polyethylene or another synthetic resin. B is a cap, C is a pouring tube attached to the cap so that it can be turned upside down, and D is a cover attached to the cap, all of which are made of polyethylene or other synthetic resin.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a screw 2 for attaching a cap B is cut into the container mouth 1 of the container A. The cap B includes a fitting portion 3 and a spout cylinder holding portion 4 extending above the fitting portion 3. The fitting portion 3 has a screw 5 screwed into the screw 2 of the container opening 1 on the inner periphery. Fitting tube 6 installed
And a fitting tube 7 and an upper wall 8 which engage with the inner periphery of the container opening 1. The upper wall 8 near the inner periphery of the fitting tube 7 is provided with an outflow hole 9 communicating with the pouring tube C. An engagement step portion 10 having a reduced diameter is provided at an upper end of the fitting cylinder 6, and a bulging portion 11 is formed at an upper end edge thereof.

The spout cylinder holding portion 4 is provided with a storage groove 12 for the spout cylinder C composed of both side walls, a bottom wall, and an end wall. The end wall 12 has an arc-shaped concave surface 13 extending in the transverse direction to the longitudinal direction of the storage groove 12. On both side walls of the storage groove 12 where the outflow hole 9 is located, the shaft support groove 14 of the pouring cylinder C is provided.
And a semicircular receiving portion 15 is formed at the lower end of the shaft support groove 14. A bulging portion 16 having a semicircular arc is formed on a side surface of the shaft supporting groove 14 which is continuous with the receiving portion 15.
The bearing portion 17 is formed by the receiving portion 15 and the bulging portion 16.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the pouring cylinder C comprises a cylindrical portion 20 serving as a mouthpiece for drinking and drinking, and a pivotal portion 21. The pouring hole C extends through the pouring tube C. 22 are perforated.
The pivot portion 21 is composed of both side walls 24 joined to the upper wall 23 and the side wall of the storage groove 12, and a convex surface 25 having an arc-shaped cross section joined to the concave surface 13. A shaft pin 26 is erected on both side walls 24 of the pivot portion 21.
Is inserted into the shaft support groove 14 and is pivotally connected to the bearing 17.

Next, the concave surface 13 and the convex surface 25, the shaft pin 2
The mutual relationship and operation of the bearing 6 and the bearing 17 will be described.
The axes of the arcs and circles of the respective cross sections are the same, and the axis passes through the intersection of the axes X and Y of the pouring hole 22 and the outflow hole 9, and the axis Z is orthogonal to the respective axes. The diameter of the concave surface 13 and the convex surface 25, the shaft pin 26 and the bearing 1
7 have the same diameter and are slidably formed. Therefore, when the dispensing cylinder C is rotated about the shaft pin 26, the convex surface 25 slides on the concave surface 13 and rotates. When the dispensing cylinder C is in the upright position, the outflow hole 9 and the ejection hole 22 are rotated.
Are coincident with each other to form a discharge flow path, and when the discharge pipe C is turned over, the outflow hole 9 and the discharge hole 22 are separated from each other and the discharge flow path is shut off.

The cover main body 30 of the cover D has a top wall 31 and a side wall tube 32, and the top wall 31 of the cover main body 30 and the cap B are connected by a connecting piece 33. The cap B and the cover D may be integrally formed, or one end of the connecting piece may be adhered to the peripheral surface of the fitting cylinder of the cap B. The inner diameter of the side wall tube 32 is the bulging portion 1 of the engaging step portion 10 of the cap B.
1 is formed so as to be engaged with a certain interference, and a knob 34 is provided on the opposite side of the connecting piece 33 of the top wall 31.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, at a predetermined position on the inner periphery of the side wall tube 32 below the knob 34, when the lid body 30 is closed, an engagement with the end edge of the tip of the discharge tube C is performed. A stop 35 is provided. The locking portion 35 may be a tongue piece or a projection that engages with a side edge on a cross section including the axis X of the dispensing cylinder as shown in FIGS. Further, a tongue piece or a projection that engages with the lower surface of the tip end surface of the dispensing cylinder may be used. Also,
The tip of the ejection tube C may be further protruded so as to be pressed against the inner periphery of the side wall tube 32, and the inner periphery of the side wall tube 32 of the press contact portion may be used as an engaging portion (not shown).

Next, the mode of use and the function and effect of the above-mentioned dispensing container will be described. When the cover D is opened upward with its knob 34, the locking portion 35 is engaged with the side edge of the tip of the ejection tube C to raise the ejection tube C, and further ejects via the side wall tube 32. When the cover C is rotated in the clockwise direction in FIG. 2 while holding the cylinder C and keeping the engagement between the spout cylinder C and the cover D, the spout cylinder C can be raised to the standing position. Even if the engagement between the locking portion 35 of the cover D and the tip of the dispensing cylinder C is disengaged during the rotation, the cylinder portion 20 can be held up by mouth when sucking and drinking.
When the dispensing cylinder C is raised to the upright position, the dispensing hole 22 of the dispensing cylinder C and the outflow hole 9 of the cap B coincide with each other to form a dispensing flow path. You will be able to drink and drink.

When the cover D is closed, the dispensing tube C is tilted down through the inner surface of the top wall 31 to close the dispensing flow path. When the cover D is closed, the locking portion 35 climbs over the side edge of the tip of the dispensing tube C. The lower end of the cover D is fitted to the engaging step 10 of the cap B. At that time, the side wall tube 32
When the ejection tube C is tilted so as to be deformed into an elliptical shape by pressing the side surfaces of the ejection tube C from both sides, the locking portion 35 can be positioned on the lower surface of the edge of the ejection tube C side from the beginning. Therefore, the dispensing cylinder C can be moved up and down via the cover D,
Since the finger does not touch the dispensing tube, the content liquid can be drunk even if the finger is dirty.

In the above embodiments, the container mouth and the cap are screwed. However, fitting protrusions may be provided on each of the container mouth and the cap, and the cap may be fitted by tapping. Good.

[0017]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. Since the cap to which the dispensing cylinder is attached is covered with the cover, dust and germs in the air do not adhere to the surface of the dispensing cylinder, and it is sanitary when the contents are beverages. Since the locking portion is provided on the inner periphery of the side wall cylinder of the lid body of the cover lid to engage with the edge of the discharging cylinder, when the cover is opened, the discharging cylinder is located between the top wall of the lid body and the locking portion. Can be raised to the standing position, and when closed, the dispensing cylinder is pushed down on the top wall, so that the dispensing cylinder can be raised and lowered without touching the dispensing cylinder with fingers. . Therefore, even if the finger is dirty, the drinking liquid can be sucked and drunk without any problem in a hygienic manner. Since the cover is attached to the cap via the connecting piece, it does not come off and is lost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an outline of a dispensing container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front sectional view of a dispensing container.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a cap.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the dispensing cylinder.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a locking portion of a cover and an ejection tube.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS A Container B Cap C Discharge cylinder D Cover 1 Container opening 3 Fitting part 4 Discharge cylinder holding part 9 Outflow hole 10 Engagement step part 12 Storage groove 17 Bearing part 20 Tube part 21 Pivot part 22 Discharge hole 30 Lid body 33 Connecting piece 34 Knob 35 Locking part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cap for a pouring container, wherein a pouring cylinder is attached to an upper portion of the cap so that the pouring cylinder can be opened and closed, and a pouring flow path for a content liquid can be opened and closed by turning the pouring cylinder up and down. A cap with a dispensing cylinder for a beverage container, wherein a cover, which covers the fall-down dispensing cylinder and is fitted to the upper surface of the cap, is attached to the cap via a connecting piece.