TW202233107A - Anti-noise straw - Google Patents

Abstract

An anti-noise straw includes a straw body and a buffer element. The straw body has a bottom part and a mouth contacting part. A groove is concaved at the end being far from the mouth contacting part of the bottom, and a protrusion is formed at the end and is more convex than the groove. The buffer element is made of a soft material and has a first end and a second end. The first end of the buffer element is connected to the bottom part of the straw body. A narrow hole is concaved at the second end, and a protruding portion is formed at the second end and is more convex than the narrow hole. A position of the narrow hole corresponds to a position of the groove. A position of the protruding portion corresponds to a position of the protrusion. Therefore, it can prevent the straw body from directly bumping with the bottom of the beverage cup, and the noise can be effectively reduced.

Description

Anti-noise straws

The present invention provides a straw, especially an anti-noise straw.

Traditional straws are mainly made of plastic, which is a single-use consumable. After plastic becomes garbage, it is not easy to decompose, and it is easy to cause new pollution after incineration. Based on the consideration of environmental protection policies, restricting the use of plastic straws has caused discussions on people's livelihood issues.

At present, there are straws made of metal materials on the market. Although they can achieve the effect of repeated use, when the straws made of metal materials hit the bottom of the cup when they are in use, a lot of noise is often generated, or even a huge noise when it falls on the ground or desktop. The sound is even more disturbing. Furthermore, the whole and the end of the hard metal straw or glass straw have high hardness and there is a risk of being stabbed. In addition, there is another silicone soft straw on the market. Although it can avoid the above-mentioned noise and safety problems, its hardness is not enough to directly pierce the sealing film on the drink cup, so the user must use another piercing device. To make holes on the sealing film, it is inconvenient to use.

In view of this, developing a straw that meets the diverse needs of users and improving the experience of using straws has become an emerging topic worthy of discussion by relevant industry players.

One object of the present invention is to provide an anti-noise straw, through the arrangement of the buffer and the special end structure of the straw body, the anti-noise straw of the present invention can have both anti-noise function and excellent puncturing ability.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an anti-noise straw, including a straw body and a buffer. The straw body has a bottom and a mouth portion, one end of the bottom away from the mouth portion is recessed with a groove, and the one end is convex compared with the groove to form a convex block. The buffer piece is made of soft material and has a first end and a second end. The first end of the buffer piece is connected to the bottom of the straw body, the second end is concave with a narrow hole, and the second end protrudes from the narrow hole to form a convex portion, which is narrow and narrow. The position of the hole corresponds to the position of the groove, and the position of the convex part corresponds to the position of the convex block.

According to the anti-noise straws of the aforementioned embodiments, the buffer element may further include an inner space, and the bottom of the straw body is accommodated in the inner space.

According to the anti-noise straws of the aforementioned embodiments, the convex portion of the buffer member may include an inclined wall, and the inclined wall is inclined from the outer layer of the buffer member to the inner layer of the buffer member and from the first end to the second end.

According to the anti-noise drinking straw of the aforementioned embodiments, the narrow hole of the buffer member may have a rounded end.

According to the anti-noise straw according to the aforementioned embodiments, the buffer member may be silicone rubber or thermoplastic rubber.

According to the anti-noise drinking straw of the aforementioned embodiments, the outer diameter of the buffer member may be larger than the outer diameter of the drinking straw body.

The anti-noise straw according to the aforementioned embodiments may further include a mouthpiece, one end of the mouthpiece is connected to the mouthpiece of the straw body, and the mouthpiece may be silicone or thermoplastic rubber.

According to the anti-noise drinking straw according to the foregoing embodiments, the mouthpiece may include a chamfered ring, and the chamfered ring is disposed on the other end of the mouthpiece.

According to the anti-noise drinking straw according to the aforementioned embodiments, the mouthpiece may further include an extension tube, which is connected to the body of the mouthpiece, and the extension tube may be bent at an angle.

According to the anti-noise drinking straw according to the foregoing embodiment, the mouthpiece is detachably connected to the drinking straw body.

The anti-noise straw according to the aforementioned embodiments may further include a hose, the straw body may further include a first tubular body and a second tubular body, one end of the hose is detachably connected to one end of the first tubular body, and the other end of the hose is detachable. One end of the second pipe body is detachably connected.

Several embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. For the sake of clarity, many practical details are set forth in the following description. It should be understood, however, that these practical details should not be used to limit the invention. That is, in some embodiments of the present invention, these practical details are unnecessary. In addition, for the purpose of simplifying the drawings, some well-known and conventional structures and elements will be shown in a simplified and schematic manner in the drawings; and repeated elements may be denoted by the same reference numerals.

Please refer to Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3. FIG. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional view of an anti-noise straw 100 according to an example of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial enlarged view of the anti-noise straw 100 according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 is a partial exploded view of the anti-noise straw 100 according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 . The anti-noise straw 100 includes a straw body 110 and a buffer member 120 , and the buffer member 120 is connected to the straw body 110 .

Specifically, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the straw body 110 has a bottom portion 111 and a mouth portion 112, and one end of the bottom 111 away from the mouth portion 112 is recessed with a groove 113, and the one end is compared with the groove The protrusions 113 form bumps 114 . The straw body 110 may be a hard material or a reusable material, such as metal, glass or hard plastic, but not limited thereto.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the buffer member 120 has a first end 121 and a second end 122 , and the first end 121 of the buffer member 120 is connected to the bottom portion 111 of the straw body 110 . The second end 122 is concave with a narrow hole 123 , and the second end 122 protrudes from the narrow hole 123 to form a convex portion 124 . It can be seen from FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 that the position of the narrow hole 123 corresponds to the position of the groove 113 , and the position of the convex portion 124 corresponds to the position of the convex block 114 .

With the above structure, when the anti-noise straw 100 is used, the soft material buffer 120 can prevent the bottom 111 of the straw body 110 from directly colliding with the cup bottom 230 (marked in FIG. 5 ), and can avoid the generation of noise, so as to achieve Noise reduction effect. Furthermore, the problem of insufficient safety at the end of a general rigid straw can be improved.

Through the arrangement of the grooves 113 and the protrusions 114 of the straw body 110 , the problem that the strength of the buffer element 120 is not strong enough to pierce the sealing film 210 (marked in FIG. 5 ) can be solved. Therefore, the anti-noise straw 100 of the present invention can simultaneously have the anti-noise function and the excellent puncturing function. In addition, through the arrangement of the grooves 113 and the narrow holes 123 , the liquid and condiments can be sucked into the straw body 110 more smoothly, and the situation of difficulty in sucking can be avoided when the bottom 111 is flat against the bottom 230 of the cup. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the number of the grooves 113, the protrusions 114, the narrow holes 123 and the protrusions 124 are all four. This is the limit.

Please refer to FIG. 4 , along with FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 . FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the anti-noise straw 100 according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 along the line 4-4. The buffer element 120 may further include an inner space 125 , and the bottom 111 of the straw body 110 is accommodated in the inner space 125 . Specifically, the tube wall 130 of the buffer member 120 includes an outer layer 131 and an inner layer 132 , and one end of the inner layer 132 is connected to one end of the outer layer 131 to form the inner space 125 . Therefore, the protrusions 114 can correspond to the protrusions 124 to increase the connection strength between the straw body 110 and the buffer member 120 , and further increase the hardness and structural strength of the protrusions 124 of the buffer member 120 , so that the buffer member 120 has excellent Piercing ability.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4 , one end of the convex portion 124 of the buffer member 120 has a breaking angle 126 . When the user wants to puncture the sealing film 210 , the anti-noise straw 100 is tilted, and the breaking angle 126 is used to pierce the sealing film. 210. Since the protrusions 114 of the straw body 110 cooperate with the protrusions 124 of the buffer member 120, the breaking corners 126 will not be deformed and twisted at the moment of puncturing, so that the breaking corners 126 can have sufficient puncture strength, thereby increasing the resistance to puncture. The ease of use of the noise straw 100.

On the other hand, the convex portion 124 of the buffer member 120 may further include an inclined wall 133 , and the inclined wall 133 connects one end of the inner layer 132 and one end of the outer layer 131 . As shown in FIG. 4 , the inclined wall 133 extends from the outer layer 131 to the inner layer 132 . and inclined from the first end 121 to the direction of the second end 122 . In this way, one end of the convex portion 124 can be made more rounded, so as to prevent the convex portion 124 of the buffer member 120 from being too sharp, which can further increase the safety in use. Furthermore, the inclined structure of the inclined wall 133 can help to guide the condiments in the beverage to be sucked into the straw body 110 , thereby increasing the smoothness of sucking during use. In addition, each narrow hole 123 can have a rounded end 127, which avoids a sharp structure and can further increase the safety in use.

Specifically, the buffer 120 can be silicone rubber or thermoplastic rubber, wherein the thermoplastic rubber is food grade thermoplastic rubber. Through its material properties, the protrusions 114 can closely fit the protrusions 124 , and the buffer member 120 can be tightly connected to the straw body 110 , and the buffer member 120 can be prevented from being separated. In particular, the user may select thermosetting silicone rubber or food-grade thermoplastic rubber as the material of the buffer member 120 according to manufacturing conditions and requirements, but the disclosure is not limited to this disclosure.

Please refer to FIG. 5 , and please refer to FIG. 2 together. FIG. 5 illustrates a schematic diagram of the use of the anti-noise straw 100 according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, when the anti-noise straw 100 of the present invention is used in a beverage cup 200, the buffer member 120 contacts the cup bottom 230 of the beverage cup 200, thereby preventing the hard material straw body 110 from colliding with the cup The bottom 230 generates noise. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2 , the outer diameter D2 of the buffer member 120 may be larger than the outer diameter D1 of the straw body 110 . In this way, it can help to break through the vacuum-like state when the anti-noise straw 100 pierces the sealing film 210 .

Generally speaking, when using an ordinary straw, it is often encountered that after the straw is punctured and the beverage in the cup is sucked, the sealing film is close to the tube body of the straw, resulting in an imbalance of internal and external pressure, and the beverage in the cup is difficult to absorb. However, as shown in FIG. 5 , since the outer diameter D2 of the buffer member 120 is larger than the outer diameter D1 of the straw body 110 , the anti-noise straw 100 of the present invention will be formed outside the straw body 110 after puncturing the sealing film 210 . The through hole 220 with a larger diameter D1 is formed. Accordingly, the sealing film 210 will not be in close contact with the straw body 110, so that the pressure in the cup can be balanced with the external pressure. Thereby, it helps to increase the smoothness and convenience when sucking the beverage.

Please refer to FIG. 6 , which shows another partial enlarged view of the anti-noise straw 100 according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 . The anti-noise straw 100 may further include a mouthpiece 140 , and the mouthpiece 140 may be silicone rubber and a mouthpiece One end of the member 140 is connected to the mouth portion 112 of the straw body 110 . Specifically, the mouthpiece 140 may include a chamfering ring 141, which is disposed on the other end of the mouthpiece 140. The chamfering ring 141 can help reduce the generation of edges and corners and allow the mouthpiece 140 to contact the One end of the user's mouth becomes smoother and smoother. Thereby, the anti-noise straw 100 can provide a soft and supple touch, and can increase the comfort when the anti-noise straw 100 contacts the user's mouth.

Please refer to FIG. 7 , which is another schematic diagram of the use of the anti-noise straw 100 according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 . In addition, the disposition of the mouth piece 140 can also increase the noise-proof function of the noise-proof straw 100 . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7 , when the anti-noise straw 100 falls on a plane 300 , such as the ground or a desktop, the buffer member 120 and the mouthpiece 140 can keep a gap between the straw body 110 and the plane 300 . Gap 310 . Specifically, when the straw body 110 falls on the flat surface 300 , the soft material buffer 120 and the mouthpiece 140 will contact the flat surface 300 faster than the straw body 110 , so as to prevent the hard material straw body 110 from directly colliding with the flat surface 300 . Therefore, the huge noise generated when the straw body 110 collides with the plane 300 can be avoided, in addition, the effect of protecting the straw body 110 can be achieved, and the service life of the anti-noise straw 100 can be increased.

Please refer to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9. FIG. 8 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an anti-noise straw 400 according to another example of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 illustrates the anti-noise straw 400 according to the embodiment of FIG. 8. Schematic diagram of the concave fold. The anti-noise straw 400 includes a straw body 410 , a buffer member 420 and a mouthpiece 440 , wherein the structure and configuration of the straw body 410 and the buffer member 420 in FIG. 8 are similar to those of the straw body 110 and the buffer member 120 in FIG. 1 . , and the similarities are not repeated here.

In particular, in Figure 8, the mouthpiece 440 includes a body 443, a chamfering ring 441 and an extension tube 442. The chamfering ring 441 is disposed at one end of the body 443, and the chamfering ring 441 can help reduce the generation of edges and corners , and make the end of the mouthpiece 440 contacting the user's mouth more round and smooth. The extension tube 442 is connected to the other end of the body 443 of the mouthpiece 440 , and as shown in FIG. 9 , the extension tube 442 can be bent at an angle. Specifically, in FIG. 8 , the chamfering ring 441 , the main body 443 and the extension tube 442 of the mouth piece 440 can be made of silicone and can be integrally formed. In this way, through the arrangement of the extension tube 442 , the anti-noise straw 400 can be used in more angles, and the convenience of using the anti-noise straw 400 can be increased.

In addition, in FIG. 8, the mouthpiece 440 is detachably connected to the straw body 410. In this way, the mouthpiece 440 can be detached from the straw body 410 , so that the user can clean the anti-noise straw 400 more conveniently, and can avoid the occurrence of dirt accumulation between the mouthpiece 440 and the straw body 410 .

Please refer to FIG. 10 and FIG. 11. FIG. 10 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an anti-noise straw 500 according to still another example of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 11 illustrates the anti-noise straw 500 according to the embodiment of FIG. 10. Schematic diagram of the concave fold. In the embodiment of FIG. 10 , the anti-noise straw 500 includes a straw body 510 , a buffer member 520 , a hose 530 and a mouthpiece 540 , wherein the connection relationship between the buffer member 520 and the mouthpiece 540 in FIG. 10 and the straw body 510 The structure and configuration are similar to the connection relationship and structural configuration of the buffer member 120 and the mouthpiece 140 and the straw body 110 in FIG. 1 , and the similarities are not repeated here.

In particular, in FIG. 10 , the anti-noise straw 500 further includes a hose 530 , and the straw body 510 may include a first tube body 513 and a second tube body 514 . More specifically, the bottom 511 of the straw body 510 is located at one end of the second pipe body 514 , and the mouth portion 512 of the straw body 510 is located at one end of the first pipe body 513 .

In detail, as shown in FIG. 10 , one end of the hose 530 is detachably connected to the other end of the first pipe body 513 , and the other end of the hose 530 is detachably connected to the other end of the second pipe body 514 . The hose 530 can be a transparent soft plastic, so that the user can observe the flow of the beverage in the anti-noise straw 500 , which can increase the interest in use. The hose 530 is detachable from the suction pipe body 510 to facilitate the user to clean the anti-noise suction pipe 500 .

In addition, as shown in FIG. 11 , through the arrangement of the hose 530 , the anti-noise straw 500 can make the first tube body 513 concavely fold relative to the second tube body 514 to form an included angle by virtue of the soft material properties of the tube 530 . Thereby, the anti-noise straw 500 can be used in more angles, and the convenience of using the anti-noise straw 500 can be increased.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection of the present invention The scope shall be determined by the scope of the appended patent application.

100,400,500: Anti-noise straws 110, 410, 510: Straw body 111,511: Bottom 112,512: On the mouth 113: Groove 114: bump 120, 420, 520: Buffer 121: First End 122: Second End 123: Narrow hole 124: convex part 125: Interior Space 126: Breaking Horn 127: Arc end 130: Pipe Wall 131: Outer Layer 132: inner layer 133: Inclined Wall 140, 440, 540: on-the-go 141,441: Chamfer Ring 200: drink cup 210: Sealing film 220: perforation 230: Cup Bottom 300: Flat 310: Clearance 442: Extension Tube 443: Ontology 513: The first body 514: Second body 530: Hose D1: Outside diameter of the straw body D2: The outer diameter of the buffer

In order to make the above and other objects, features, advantages and embodiments of the present invention more clearly understood, the accompanying drawings are described as follows: FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic view of an anti-noise straw according to an embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 2 shows a partial enlarged view of the anti-noise straw according to the embodiment of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 shows a partial exploded view of the anti-noise straw according to the embodiment of Fig. 1; FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the anti-noise straw according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 along the line 4-4; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the use of the anti-noise straw according to the embodiment of FIG. 1; Fig. 6 shows another partial enlarged view of the anti-noise straw according to the embodiment of Fig. 1; Fig. 7 shows another schematic diagram of the use of the anti-noise straw according to the embodiment of Fig. 1; FIG. 8 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an anti-noise straw according to another example of an embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a concave fold of the anti-noise straw according to the embodiment of Fig. 8; FIG. 10 is a schematic perspective view of a noise-proof straw according to still another example of an embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a concave fold of the anti-noise straw according to the embodiment of FIG. 10 .

110: Straw body

113: Groove

114: bump

120: Buffer

121: First End

122: Second End

123: Narrow hole

124: convex part

125: Interior Space

126: Breaking Horn

Claims (11)

An anti-noise straw comprising: a straw body, which has a bottom and a mouth portion, an end of the bottom away from the mouth portion is recessed with a groove, and the end protrudes from the groove to form a protrusion; and A buffer piece, which is a soft material, has a first end and a second end, the first end of the buffer piece is connected to the bottom of the straw body, a narrow hole is recessed in the second end, and the first end is Compared with the narrow hole, the two ends protrude to form a convex portion, the position of the narrow hole corresponds to the position of the groove, and the position of the convex portion corresponds to the position of the convex block. The anti-noise straw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the buffer further comprises an inner space, and the bottom of the straw body is accommodated in the inner space. The anti-noise straw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the convex portion of the buffer member comprises an inclined wall, and the inclined wall is directed from an outer layer of the buffer member to an inner layer of the buffer member and from the first end to an inclined wall. The direction of the second end is inclined. The anti-noise straw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the narrow hole of the buffer member has a circular arc end. The anti-noise straw as claimed in claim 1, wherein the buffer member is a silicone rubber or a thermoplastic rubber. The anti-noise straw as claimed in claim 1, wherein an outer diameter of the buffer is larger than an outer diameter of the straw body. The anti-noise straw as claimed in claim 1 further comprises a mouthpiece, one end of the mouthpiece is connected to the mouthpiece of the straw body, and the mouthpiece is a silicone rubber or a thermoplastic rubber. The anti-noise straw as claimed in claim 7, wherein the mouthpiece includes a chamfered ring, and the chamfer ring is disposed on the other end of the mouthpiece. The anti-noise straw as claimed in claim 7, wherein the mouthpiece further comprises an extension tube, which is connected to a body of the mouthpiece, and the extension tube can be bent at an angle. The anti-noise straw as claimed in claim 9, wherein the mouthpiece is detachably connected to the straw body. The anti-noise suction pipe of claim 1 further comprises a hose, the suction pipe body further comprises a first pipe body and a second pipe body, one end of the hose is detachably connected to one end of the first pipe body , the other end of the hose is detachably connected to one end of the second pipe body.

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