KR20130131838A - Vaccum container equipped with vaccum pump - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vacuum container combined with a vacuum pump. The vacuum container comprises a container main body which can store the contents in a vacuum state; a cover which covers the upper part of the container main body, has an assembling groove at a fixed depth in the center thereof, where a check valve is installed on the floor of the assembling groove, a bending hand is formed upward on the upper outer side of the assembling groove, and an airtightness maintaining unit is installed on a flange combined with the container main body; and a vacuum pump which is composed of a first container body, a second container body, a piston, and an object being pressurized. Therefore, the air sucking force of the vacuum pump can be increased by being firmly assembled while the vacuum pump is accommodated in the cover of the vacuum container. User convenience such as washing of the vacuum container can be increased by improving the assembling properties of the vacuum container cover and the vacuum pump. The vacuum performance of the vacuum container can be improved by strongly combining the vacuum container cover with the container main body.

Description

Vaccum container equipped with vaccum pump

The present invention relates to a vacuum container in which a vacuum pump is installed on a lid. In particular, the vacuum pump is coupled to the vacuum container lid to be tightly assembled while the vacuum pump is accommodated in the lid of the vacuum container. It relates to a vacuum container.

In general, food and the like are oxidized, deteriorated, and decayed in contact with air, and thus, a means capable of effectively storing contents that may be deteriorated relatively easily for a long time is needed.

As for the storage means as described above, the most widely known method of storing in a refrigerated state and a vacuum state, etc. Recently, a vacuum container for storing food in a vacuum state and the air inside the vacuum container if necessary to the outside Vacuum pumps have been developed and used to allow extraction.

In the related art, a vacuum pump is integrally installed on the lid of a container. In this case, the size of the lid increases, occupying a lot of space when storing in a refrigerator, manufacturing cost is high, and water enters into the vacuum pump during the washing process. There was a problem that it is difficult to keep clean. Accordingly, in recent years, the above problems have been solved by separately manufacturing a container and a vacuum pump.

However, since the vacuum container manufactured separately from the vacuum pump is difficult to maintain the airtight between the vacuum pump when the internal air is drawn out using the vacuum pump, high vacuum of the vacuum container is difficult because external air flows into the vacuum pump. There was a problem.

In addition, when the vacuum pump and the vacuum container are used separately as described above, there is a hassle to find and use the vacuum pump when using the vacuum container, and there is an inconvenience of keeping the vacuum pump and the vacuum container separately, and the vacuum container If the vacuum pump is continuously used to extract air from the airtight container, the airtightness of the container lid and the main body of the container may be inferior, and thus, the airtight state of the vacuum container may be maintained until a certain time due to the forced vacuum force using the vacuum pump. After a long time, there is a problem such that the vacuum container opens by itself due to a decrease in vacuum force.

Therefore, the present invention has been proposed to solve the problems of the conventional vacuum container, and the vacuum container lid is tightly assembled with the vacuum pump accommodated in the lid of the vacuum container, and the vacuum container lid is tightly coupled to the container body so that the vacuum performance and usage The purpose is to provide a vacuum vessel combined with an improved vacuum pump.

The present invention for achieving the above object, the container body to be able to store the contents in a vacuum state, while covering the upper portion of the container body is formed with a predetermined depth in the center of the bottom of the assembly groove A check valve is installed at the upper part, and a handle bent upwards on the upper outer side of the assembly groove, and a lid is installed in a flange that is coupled to the container body and is installed inside the assembly groove of the lid. The first container body is fixed by the coupling means of the lower end to the bottom of the assembly groove and the vacuum is removed by the air of the container body through the vertical pumping operation, and the second container is installed through the spring and the pressing plate to the first container body. And a piston to be assembled to the container body and the second container body, and a pressurized body having a coupling protrusion formed on the outside of the lower end thereof while pressing the piston. Including W consisting of a vacuum pump constitute a vacuum container.

In one embodiment, the airtight holding means of the lid is inserted into the elastic bellows ring is installed in the airtight holding groove formed on the inside of the flange.

In one embodiment, the silicone airtight member is installed in each of the upper and lower parts of the bellows ring of the airtight holding means, the silicon airtight member is installed in the lower portion of the silicon airtight member is formed in the lower portion of the container to surround the upper end of the container body It is crimped and fixed in a state.

In one embodiment, the L-shaped fastening groove is formed on the inner wall of the lid assembly groove is inserted into the coupling projection formed in the pressurized body of the vacuum pump along the fastening groove, the vacuum pump is installed in the assembly groove. .

In one embodiment, the lifting groove which can be raised and lowered in the vertical direction in the middle portion of the locking groove formed in the horizontal direction of the locking groove of the lid is formed, the coupling protrusion on the outer end of the coupling groove The fixing groove is formed is inserted into the fixed.

In one embodiment, the lid opening and closing means is installed through the air inlet hole on the outside of the handle of the lid.

In one embodiment, the lid opening and closing means is an assembly protrusion which is inserted into the assembly hole of the lid, the cover is connected to the upper portion of the assembly protrusion is installed to cover the air inlet hole, the cover is installed on the upper side of the cover It is configured to include a handle to release the vacuum pressure inside the container body by the air flows along the air inlet hole by lifting upward.

In one embodiment, the coupling means formed in the first container body of the vacuum pump consists of a fastening protrusion and an O-ring fastened to the bottom of the assembly groove of the lid.

As described above, according to the vacuum container combined with the vacuum pump according to the present invention, the vacuum pump is firmly assembled in a state in which the vacuum pump is accommodated in the lid of the vacuum container, thereby increasing the air suction power of the vacuum pump, and the vacuum container lid and the vacuum By improving the assembly of the pump to improve the convenience of use, such as vacuum container cleaning, the vacuum container lid is to be closely coupled to the container body to improve the vacuum performance of the vacuum container.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of a vacuum container coupled to a vacuum pump according to the present invention;
Figure 2 is an assembled cross-sectional view showing a state in which the lid and the vacuum pump of the vacuum container according to the present invention,
Figure 3 is a state diagram showing a state in which the lid is fastened to the vacuum container body according to the present invention,
Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of the vacuum container lid and the vacuum pump according to the present invention,
Figure 5 is a state diagram showing the fastening groove of the lid of the vacuum container according to the present invention,
6 is an enlarged state diagram of part A of FIG. 4;
Figure 7 is a state diagram showing the assembly structure of the lid and the vacuum pump of the vacuum container according to the present invention,
8 is a state diagram showing a state of sucking the air of the vacuum container according to the present invention with a vacuum pump,
9 is a state diagram showing a state of discharging the air sucked into the vacuum pump according to the present invention to the outside.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular forms as used herein include plural forms as long as the phrases do not expressly express the opposite meaning thereto. Means that a particular feature, region, integer, step, operation, element and / or component is specified, and that other specific features, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and / And the like.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms including technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Commonly used predefined terms are further interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the relevant technical literature and the present disclosure, and are not to be construed as ideal or very formal meanings unless defined otherwise.

The embodiment of the present invention described with reference to the perspective view specifically illustrates an ideal embodiment of the present invention. As a result, various variations of the illustration, for example variations in the manufacturing method and / or specification, are expected. Thus, the embodiment is not limited to any particular form of the depicted area, but includes modifications of the form, for example, by manufacture. For example, the regions shown or described as being flat may have characteristics that are generally coarse / rough and nonlinear. Also, the portion shown as having a sharp angle may be rounded. Thus, the regions shown in the figures are merely approximate, and their shapes are not intended to depict the exact shape of the regions, nor are they intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2 of the structure of the vacuum container coupled to the vacuum pump according to the present invention, the vacuum container coupled to the vacuum pump 1 is largely the container body 10 and the lid 20 and the vacuum Contents of the vacuum container 1 by maintaining the inside of the container body 10 in a vacuum state by using the vacuum pump 30 formed of the pump 30 and installed on the lid 20 of the vacuum container 1. You can keep it fresh.

That is, the container body 10 of the vacuum container 1 is to be able to store the contents in a vacuum state, the lid 20 covers the upper portion of the container body 10 while assembling a certain depth in the center thereof The groove 21 is formed, the check valve 22 is installed at the bottom of the assembly groove 21, the handle 23 is bent upward in the upper outer side of the assembly groove 21 is formed The airtight holding means is installed on the flange 24 coupled to the container body 10.

The vacuum pump 30 coupled to the vacuum container 1 is inserted into the assembly groove 21 of the lid 20 to remove the air from the container body 10 through a vertical pumping operation. In addition, the first container body 31 is fixed to the bottom of the assembling groove 21 through the coupling means of the lower end, and the first container body 31 is installed through the spring 32 and the pressing plate 33 as a medium. The second container body 34, the piston 35 to be assembled to the second container body 34, and the pressure to which the piston 35 is formed and the engaging projection 36a is formed outside the lower end thereof. It comprises a sieve 36.

Therefore, the vacuum container 1 is coupled to the cylindrical vacuum pump 30 in the assembly groove 21 formed in the center of the lid 20, the pressure of the vacuum pump 30 is thus coupled The sieve 36 is pumped up and down to draw the air inside the container body 10 to the outside to be evacuated.

In this case, when the vacuum pump 30 is operated, the check valve 22 installed at the lower end thereof is raised to discharge the air inside the container body 10 to the outside.

In addition, the pressurized body 36 assembled to the outside of the vacuum pump 30 has a coupling protrusion 36a formed at a lower end thereof so that the coupling protrusion 36a is an assembly groove 21 of the lid 20. By being fastened to the inner wall, the vacuum pump 30 and the lid 20 are assembled, and in this state, the pressurized body 36 of the vacuum pump 30 is moved up and down to perform a pumping operation.

On the other hand, the structure of the lid 20 constituting the vacuum container 1 is shown in Figure 3, the airtight holding means of the lid 20 is an airtight holding groove formed on the inside of the flange 24 ( 25, a stretchable bellows ring 26 is inserted and installed in each of the upper and lower parts of the bellows ring 26 of the airtight holding means, and a silicon airtight member 27 is installed at a lower portion of the silicon airtight member 27. The silicone airtight member 27 is a crimp groove 27a formed at a lower portion thereof to be crimped and fixed in a state of wrapping the upper end of the container body 10.

That is, by tightly coupling the container body 10 and the lid 20 through the airtight holding means installed in the lid 20, through which the vacuum state of the vacuum container 1 can be maintained for a long time.

And, the assembly structure of the lid 20 and the vacuum pump 30 will be described in detail with reference to Figures 4 and 5, the L-shaped fastening groove 28 in the inner wall of the assembly groove 21 of the lid 20. Is formed and the coupling protrusion 36a formed in the pressurized body 36 of the vacuum pump 30 is inserted into and fastened along the fastening groove 28 so that the vacuum pump 30 is installed in the assembly groove 21. do.

In addition, the elevating groove 28a is formed in which the coupling protrusion 36a can be raised and lowered in the vertical direction in the middle of the fastening groove 28 formed in the horizontal direction among the fastening grooves 28 of the lid 20. And, the outer end of the fastening groove 28 is formed with a fixing groove (28b) to which the coupling projection (36a) is fitted and fixed.

Here, the coupling protrusion 36a is formed at the lower end of the pressurized body 36 of the vacuum pump 30 as described above, and the coupling protrusion 36a is formed at the assembly groove 21 of the lid 20. The vacuum pump 30 and the lid 20 are coupled by being fastened to the fastening groove 28, and the coupling protrusion inserted into the lifting groove 28a for the operation of the vacuum pump 30 in this state ( 36a) is a lifting operation, and when the vacuum of the vacuum container 1 is finished, the coupling projection (36a) is moved to the fixing groove (28b) by the vacuum pump 30 is completely coupled to the lid 20 It is to maintain the state.

On the other hand, as a further feature of the lid 20 of the vacuum container 1, the lid opening and closing means 29 is installed through the air inlet hole 20a outside the handle 23 of the lid 20.

That is, in the case of the lid opening and closing means 29, as shown in FIG. 6, the lid opening and closing means 29 is an assembly protrusion 29a inserted into an assembly hole of the lid 20, and the assembly protrusion 29a. The cover (29b) is connected to the upper portion of the cover to cover the air inlet hole (20a), and is installed on the upper side of the cover (29b) by raising the cover (29b) upwards, the air inlet hole (20a) A) is configured to include a handle (29c) to be introduced into the air to release the vacuum pressure inside the container body (10).

Therefore, when the user releases the vacuum state inside by opening the lid 20 of the vacuum container 1, first, the lid opening means 29 installed in the lid 20 is lifted upward and the lid 20 Through the air is introduced into the container body 10, through which the lid 20 can be easily removed from the container body 10.

And, as shown in Figure 7 the lower end of the vacuum pump 30 is assembled to the lid 20, the coupling means formed in the first container body 31 of the vacuum pump 30 is the lid Combination means consisting of a fastening protrusion (31a) and the O-ring (31b) is fastened to the bottom of the assembly groove 21 of the 20, the coupling means consisting of the fastening protrusion (31a) and the O-ring (31b) of the first container body (31). The vacuum pump 30 is assembled to the lid 20 in a solid state without lateral flow by being assembled by being fitted to the bottom of the assembly groove 21 of the lid 20.

In addition, the vacuum pump 30 is provided with a spring 32 in the space between the first container body 31 and the second container body 34, the pressing plate 33 is provided on the upper portion of the spring (32) Is installed and fixed to the back surface of the second container body 34, in this state to press the piston (35) by pressing the pressurized body 36, the spring 32 is compressed and the container body The internal air of (10) is taken out to make the inside of the vacuum container 1 vacuum.

Here, a state in which the vacuum pump of the vacuum vessel is operated with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9, the first pump of the vacuum pump 30 in a state in which the lid 20 is firmly closed on the container body 10. The pressurized body 36 is pressurized while the gas 31 is pressed against the edge of the check valve 22 to lower the second vessel 34.

That is, the second vessel 34 is lowered as the pressurized body 36 is pressed in the direction of the arrow of FIG. 8, and the volume of the internal space of the second vessel is lowered as the second vessel 34 is lowered. This increases, and thus negative pressure is applied to the internal space of the second vessel. When the negative pressure is applied to the inner space of the second vessel, air around the check valve 22 flows into the inner space of the second vessel, and in the process, negative pressure is also applied to the surroundings of the check valve 22 so that the check valve 22 While the hole portion of the lifted upwards, the air inside the vacuum container 1 exits to the vacuum pump 30 and flows into the inner space of the second container.

At this time, the spring 32 is compressed by the pressing force of the second vessel 34, the air in the inner space of the second container body is discharged to the outside. When the second container body 34 stops descending, the check valve 22 is closed to block outside air from flowing into the vacuum container 1.

Therefore, when the user presses the pressure member 36 sufficiently and then releases, the second container body 34 is lifted upward as shown in FIG. 9 by the force of the spring 32, where the second The air in the interior space of the container body also flows out into the interior space of the first container body through the hole. This is to allow the second container body 34 to be easily lifted by the spring 32. As the second container body 34 rises, the volume of the inner space of the second container body decreases, so that the air in the second container body space escapes to the outside of the pressurized body 36 as the pressure increases.

On the other hand, the lid 20 of the vacuum container 1 can maintain the airtight with the container body 10 through the airtight holding means consisting of bellows ring 26 and the silicone airtight member 27, the lid 20 ) Is to be able to open the lid 20 more easily than using the lid opening and closing means (29).

Therefore, as described above, various functions are added to the lid 20 of the vacuum container 1, so that the use of the vacuum container 1 can be effectively performed, and the vacuuming and sealing performance of the vacuum container 1 is improved. The contents inside the vacuum container 1 can be kept fresh for a long time.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the utility model registration claims, the detailed description of the invention, and the accompanying drawings. Naturally, it is within the scope of the present invention.

1: vacuum container 10: container body
20: lid 20a: air inlet hole
21: assembly groove 22: check valve
23: handle 24: flange
25: confidential home 26: bellows ring
27: silicone airtight member 27a: crimp groove
28: fastening groove 28a: lifting groove
28b: fixing groove 29: lid opening and closing means
29a: assembly protrusion 29b: cover
29c: handle 30: vacuum pump
31: first container body 31a: fastening protrusion
31b: O-ring 32: spring
33: pressing plate 34: second container body
35: piston 36: pressurized body
36a: engaging protrusion

Claims (7)

A container body capable of storing the contents in a vacuum state; and
While covering the upper portion of the container body is formed an assembling groove of a predetermined depth in the center, a check valve is installed at the bottom of the assembling groove, a handle bent upward in the upper outer portion of the assembling groove is formed A lid having an airtight holding groove formed on an inner side of the flange coupled to the container body, and the airtight holding means having an airtight bellow ring inserted therein; And
A first container body inserted into the assembling groove of the lid and being evacuated by evacuating the air of the container body through a vertical pumping operation, and fixed to the bottom of the assembling groove by a coupling means of a lower end; And a second container body provided through a spring and a pressing plate, a piston assembled to the second container body, and a pressurized body which pressurizes the piston and has a coupling protrusion formed on the outside of the lower end thereof. Vacuum container coupled to a vacuum pump configured to include.
The method of claim 1,
Silicon sealing members are respectively provided on upper and lower portions of the bellows ring of the airtight holding means, and the silicon airtight members installed on the lower portion of the silicon airtight members are formed by pressing grooves at the bottom thereof to be crimped and fixed in a state surrounding the upper end of the container body. Vacuum container is coupled to the vacuum pump, characterized in that.
The method of claim 1,
An L-shaped fastening groove is formed in the inner wall of the lid, and the coupling protrusion formed in the pressurized body of the vacuum pump is inserted into and fastened along the fastening groove, so that the vacuum pump is installed in the assembling groove. Vacuum vessel with pump.
The method of claim 3, wherein
An elevating groove for raising and lowering the coupling protrusion in a vertical direction is formed at an intermediate portion of the coupling groove formed in the horizontal direction among the coupling grooves of the lid, and the coupling protrusion is fixed to the outer end of the coupling groove. Vacuum chamber is coupled to the vacuum pump, characterized in that the groove is formed.
The method of claim 1,
Vacuum container coupled to the vacuum pump, characterized in that the lid opening and closing means is installed through the air inlet hole on the outside of the handle of the lid.
The method of claim 5, wherein
The lid opening and closing means includes an assembly protrusion inserted into the assembly hole of the lid, a cover connected to an upper portion of the assembly protrusion to cover the air inflow hole, and installed at an upper side of the cover to lift the cover upward. And a handle configured to release the vacuum pressure inside the container body by introducing air along the air inlet hole.
The method of claim 1,
Coupling means formed in the first container of the vacuum pump is a vacuum container coupled to the vacuum pump, characterized in that consisting of a fastening protrusion and an O-ring fastened to the bottom of the assembly groove of the lid.

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