US20150232243A1 - Apparatus for containing materials made of two or more components - Google Patents

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US20150232243A1
US20150232243A1 US14/418,249 US201014418249A US2015232243A1 US 20150232243 A1 US20150232243 A1 US 20150232243A1 US 201014418249 A US201014418249 A US 201014418249A US 2015232243 A1 US2015232243 A1 US 2015232243A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/28—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials
    • B65D51/2807—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials the closure presenting means for placing the additional articles or materials in contact with the main contents by acting on a part of the closure without removing the closure, e.g. by pushing down, pulling up, rotating or turning a part of the closure, or upon initial opening of the container
    • B65D51/2857—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials the closure presenting means for placing the additional articles or materials in contact with the main contents by acting on a part of the closure without removing the closure, e.g. by pushing down, pulling up, rotating or turning a part of the closure, or upon initial opening of the container the additional article or materials being released by displacing or removing an element enclosing it
    • B65D51/2864—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials the closure presenting means for placing the additional articles or materials in contact with the main contents by acting on a part of the closure without removing the closure, e.g. by pushing down, pulling up, rotating or turning a part of the closure, or upon initial opening of the container the additional article or materials being released by displacing or removing an element enclosing it the element being a plug or like element closing a passage between the auxiliary container and the main container
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
    • B65D85/72—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for containing materials mode of two or more components, and more particularly, to a container closure for effectively mixing concentrate with water, concentrate with general beverage, granulation with water, or powder with water, and so on.
  • the apparatus for containing the materials made of the two or more components may be used in industrial fields such as medicine, pharmacy, cosmetics, and the like and alcoholic beverage fields so as to improve the mixture of the heterogeneous materials.
  • a separate space has to be provided in a container to mix powder or concentrate with liquid beverage stored in the beverage container.
  • JP-P-2001-0018542 Jun. 19, 2001
  • JP-P-2001-0018542 Jun. 19, 2001
  • a portion for forming an opening drops into a container.
  • a container neck having a new structure for preventing a discharge device from being separated has been developed, there is a problem in which it is impossible to apply this structure to the existing container neck.
  • An objective of the present invention is to improve availability of mixed contents in a discharge member for drinking beverage or a discharge hole closure.
  • Another objective of the present invention is to allow a content contained in a storage space of a receiving part to drop into a storage space part of a container through an opening/closing hole and then to be mixed while an upper cap is opened.
  • Another objective of the present invention is to smoothly operate a discharge member, improve airtightness at a portion for covering an opening/closing hole, and smoothly discharge a content that drops to be mixed.
  • Another objective of the present invention is to expand a main body mouth of a main body, thereby expanding an area of a storage space defined in the main body.
  • Another objective of the present invention is to form an upper stopper and lower stopper at an upper side of a discharge member so that the discharge member is opened without using a separate tool even though an upper cap is lost.
  • Another objective of the present invention is to add an auxiliary sealing part including a protrusion for lifting a sealing part upward so as to easily open the sealing part while the discharge member ascends, thereby preventing the sealing part from dropping downward.
  • An apparatus for containing materials made of two or more components which is provided as a container closure, characterized in that the container closure is arranged in a discharging direction of the materials of a container and includes a main body coupled to a mouth of the container and a receiving part with a storage space and an opening/closing hole within the main body, a discharge member is coupled around a main body mouth, that corresponds to an upper portion of the main body, at the upper portion of the main body having the receiving part, the discharge member coupled around the main body mouth is coupled by an opening/closing upper cap therearound, when the container closure is opened, the upper cap rotates to be opened, and then a discharge member upper end stopper of the upper cap catches a discharge member upper end stopper of the discharge member to move upward, the discharge member stops the upward moving thereof when a stopper of the discharge member is caught by the main body mouth, and a sealing part of the discharge member that blocks the opening/closing hole of the receiving part is opened to allow the material contained in the storage space of the receiving part to
  • a coupling stopper disposed on an upper end of the auxiliary sealing part may be fitted into the auxiliary sealing part stopper of the discharge member, and a plurality of spaces and protrusions may be disposed on a lower end of the auxiliary sealing part.
  • the sealing part formed of a soft material may be coupled to upper sides of the spaces and protrusions of the auxiliary sealing part and be configured to seal the opening/closing hole of the receiving part, and a sealing annular rim may be disposed on an upper outer annular part of the receiving part and may include a receiving part sealing annular rim on an inner wall disposed above a screw thread of the main body corresponding thereto, and the sealing annular rim may be caught by the receiving part sealing annular rim to maintain sealing between the receiving part and the main body.
  • the discharge member may be assembled around the main body mouth of the main body within the main body, the upper cap may be coupled around the main body on which the discharge member is disposed, an opening/closing cover may be coupled to a receiving part opening/closing hole of the apparatus for containing the materials different from each other, and when it is intended to inject a different type of material into the storage space of the receiving part within the apparatus for containing the materials different from each other, the auxiliary sealing part on which the sealing part is disposed may be pushed into the opening/closing hole, after the opening/closing cover is removed, and the different type of material is injected through the opening/closing hole, to allow an upper end coupling stopper of the auxiliary sealing part to be fixedly caught by the auxiliary sealing part stopper of the discharge member.
  • a discharge member cover may be coupled to the upper portion of the discharge member, and when it is intended to inject a different type of material into the inner storage space of the apparatus for containing the materials different from each other, the opening/closing upper cap may be coupled around the main body mouth of the main body that corresponds to the upper portion of the discharge member after the discharge hole cover is removed, and then a liquid or powder is injected through an upper end discharge hole of the discharge member.
  • a sealing inner wall may be disposed on the opening/closing hole of the receiving part, and a sealing reinforcement rim for maintaining the sealing of the sealing part may be disposed on the sealing inner wall, and a sealing inner wall may be disposed on the opening/closing hole of the receiving part, and five sealing part removing protrusions may be disposed on an upper portion of the sealing inner wall.
  • a sealing inner wall may be disposed on the opening/closing hole of the receiving part, and a space may be defined in an outer annular part of the sealing inner wall, an upper end of each of the sealing part removing protrusions may be inclined inward, and the sealing part removing protrusions may have upwardly protruding lengths different from each other.
  • An apparatus for containing materials made of two or more components which is provided as a container closure, characterized in that the container closure is arranged in a discharging direction of the materials of a container and includes a main body coupled to a mouth of the container and a receiving part with a storage space and an opening/closing hole within the main body, a discharge member that seals the opening/closing hole by a lower end thereof is coupled around a main body mouth, that corresponds to an upper portion of the main body, at a lower portion of the receiving part, the discharge member coupled around the main body mouth is coupled by an opening/closing upper cap therearound, when the container closure is opened, the upper cap rotates to be opened, and then a discharge member upper end stopper of the upper cap catches a discharge member upper end stopper of the discharge member to move upward, the discharge member stops the upward moving thereof when a stopper of the discharge member is caught by the main body mouth, and a sealing part of the discharge member that blocks the opening/closing hole of the receiving part is opened to
  • an upper stopper may be disposed on an outer annular part of the upper discharge hole, and a liquid or powder may be injected into the storage space of the receiving part through the upper discharge hole.
  • a discharge hole cover that is opened or closed in one touch manner may be coupled to the upper discharge hole.
  • An apparatus for containing materials made of two or more components which is provided as a container closure, characterized in that the container closure is arranged in a discharging direction of the materials of a container and includes a main body coupled to a mouth of the container and a receiving part with a storage space and an opening/closing hole within the main body, a discharge member that seals the opening/closing hole by a lower end thereof is coupled around a main body mouth, that corresponds to an upper portion of the main body, at a lower portion of the receiving part, the discharge member coupled around the main body mouth is coupled by an opening/closing upper cap therearound, when the container closure is opened, the upper cap rotates to be opened, and then a discharge member upper end stopper of the upper cap catches a discharge member upper end stopper of the discharge member to move upward, the discharge member stops the upward moving thereof when a stopper of the discharge member is caught by the main body mouth, and a sealing part of the discharge member that blocks the opening/closing hole of the receiving part is opened to
  • a discharge hole sealing part having a width that gradually decreases downward may be disposed on the upper discharge hole, and an operation part sealing part of the operation part may be inserted into the upper discharge hole on which the discharge hole sealing part is disposed to seal the discharge hole sealing part.
  • an operation stopper may be disposed on a lower end of the operation part sealing part, and the operation part stopper may be caught by a lower end of the discharge hole sealing part to prevent the operation part sealing part from further moving upward, and a space may be defined under the operation part sealing part.
  • a discharge hole may be defined in an upper outer side of the operation part sealing part, and a screw thread may be formed on the main body mouth of the main body, a screw thread of the upper cap may be disposed around the screw thread to perform an opening/closing operation thereof, and a lower end of the screw thread of the upper cap may be caught by a main body outer annular part of the main body to prevent the upper cap from further moving upward above a predetermined height.
  • the screw thread formed on the main body mouth of the main body may be formed on only the upper portion thereof, and an upward moving stopper disposed on a lower end of the upper cap may be caught by a lower end of the screw thread at a lower end of the upper portion thereof, thereby preventing the upper cap from further moving upward above the predetermined height.
  • An apparatus for containing materials made of two or more components which is provided as a container closure, characterized in that the container closure is arranged in a discharging direction of the materials of a container and includes a main body coupled to a mouth of the container and a screw thread formed on a main body mouth outer annular part of the main body, a discharge member receiving mouth is disposed inside the main body mouth, a vertical movable discharge member is assembled with the discharge member receiving mouth, the discharge member is assembled with a receiving part having a storage space and an opening/closing hole that is defined in a lower portion thereof is assembled with a bottom portion of the main body with which the discharge member is assembled, an opening/closing hole of the receiving part is sealed by a sealing part, the sealing part is connected to a lower end of the discharge member, an upper cap that is vertically movable by only a predetermined distance from the main body mouth is assembled around the main body mouth of the main body, the upper cap is vertically movable together with the discharge member by fitting a bottom surface of the upper
  • the separate storage space may be formed to be spaced apart from the main content stored in the container to store the powder, the granulation, or the concentrate, and then, the operation part may be simply opened to allow the different type of material to drop and be mixed through the simple manipulation such as the opening of the operation part, thereby easily simply manipulating the mixing of the heterogeneous materials.
  • the granulation such as the powder may be injected through the opening/closing hole on which the auxiliary sealing part is assembled, and then, the opening/closing hole may be sealed by using the auxiliary sealing part.
  • FIGS. 1 to 13 are views of a first embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 1 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating an assembled state of an apparatus for containing heterogeneous materials
  • FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a main body
  • FIG. 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which a receiving part is coupled to the main body
  • FIG. 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which a discharge member is coupled to the main body
  • FIG. 5 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which the receiving part is assembled in the main body, and an upper cap is assembled around a main body mouth of the main body,
  • FIG. 6 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which the receiving part is assembled in the main body, the discharge member is assembled to the inside of the main body mouth of the main body, and an auxiliary sealing part on which a sealing part is disposed is coupled to a lower end of the discharge member with respect to a lower opening/closing hole of the receiving part,
  • FIG. 7 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which an apparatus for containing heterogeneous materials is coupled to a container, and an upper cap is opened to open the opening/closing hole of the receiving part in the state where in the apparatus for containing the heterogeneous materials is coupled to the container,
  • FIG. 8 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which the upper cap is coupled again in the state of FIG. 7 ,
  • FIG. 9 is a partial longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a main part of a top surface of the upper cap
  • FIG. 10 is a partial longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a process in which the discharge member coupled to the main body ascends by the upper cap
  • FIG. 11 is a bottom view of the auxiliary sealing part
  • FIG. 12 is a partial side view illustrating the surrounding of an annular rim of the receiving part
  • FIG. 13 is a partial front view illustrating a portion of an upper end of the discharge member
  • FIGS. 14 and 15 are enlarged cross-sectional views illustrating modified examples of the sealing reinforcement rim of the receiving part
  • FIG. 16 is an enlarged cross-sectional view illustrating a modified example of the auxiliary sealing part
  • FIGS. 17 and 18 are views illustrating a modified example in usage of the sealing part assembled with the opening/closing hole of the receiving part, and FIG. 17 is a view illustrating a state in which the sealing part gets out of the opening/closing hole,
  • FIG. 18 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a main part in a state where the discharge member by which the sealing part is lifted in the state of FIG. 17 returns to its original position.
  • FIGS. 19 and 20 are views illustrating modified examples of the present invention
  • FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a main part in a state where a protection cover having a space is assembled with a protection cover support
  • FIG. 20 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a main part in a state where the protection cover for preventing the sealing part from dropping is coupled to a lower portion of the discharge member
  • FIG. 21 is a cutaway perspective view illustrating a main part to express the surrounding of the opening/closing hole of the receiving part
  • FIG. 22 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a sealing part coupling rim for preventing the sealing part inserted into the auxiliary sealing part from being separated
  • FIG. 23 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which the opening/closing hole is coupled to the auxiliary sealing part around a discharge member lower end of the discharge member,
  • FIGS. 24 to 26 are view of another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 24 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which an upper discharge hole and an upper stopper are disposed on an upper portion of the upper cap,
  • FIG. 25 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which a discharge hole cover is coupled around an upper discharge hole in the state of FIG. 24 ,
  • FIG. 26 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which the discharge hole cover that is opened or closed in an one-touch manner in the state of FIG. 24 ,
  • FIGS. 27 to 28 are views of further another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 27 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view,
  • FIG. 28 is a partial cutaway front view illustrating a main part that ascends in a manner in which an operation part assembled with the upper cap is rotatable in the state of FIG. 27 , and
  • FIG. 29 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a further another state of the present invention.
  • An apparatus 1 for containing heterogeneous materials, which is applied to a container B in a discharging direction of a content includes a main body 100 coupled to a mouth of the container B and a receiving part 200 having a storage space 201 and an opening/closing hole 202 within the main body 10 .
  • a discharge member 300 is coupled around a main body mouth 101 that is disposed in an upper portion of the main body 100 at the upper portion of the main body 100 having the receiving part 200 , and the discharge member 300 coupled around the main body mouth 101 is coupled by an opening/closing upper cap 400 disposed around an upper portion thereof.
  • a discharge member upper end stopper 401 of the upper cap 400 catches an upper end stopper 301 of the discharge member 300 to move upward. Also, the discharge member stop the upward movement when the stopper 302 of the discharge member 300 is caught by a mouth lower end 103 of a discharge member receiving mouth 102 disposed inside the main body mouth 101 .
  • the auxiliary sealing part 500 is assembled with the opening/closing hole 202 .
  • the auxiliary sealing part 500 is used for sealing the opening/closing hole 202 of the receiving part 200 .
  • an auxiliary sealing part stopper 303 is disposed on a lower end of the discharge member 300 , and the auxiliary sealing part 500 is assembled with the auxiliary sealing part stopper 303 around the opening/closing hole 202 of the receiving part 200 .
  • a coupling stopper 501 disposed on an upper end of the auxiliary sealing part 500 is fitted into and coupled to the auxiliary sealing part stopper 303 of the discharge member 300 , and a plurality of spaces 502 and protrusions 503 are provided in/on a lower end of the auxiliary sealing part 500 .
  • the sealing part 504 formed of a soft material is coupled to an upper portion of each of the spaces 502 and protrusions 503 of the auxiliary sealing part 500 , and the sealing part 504 is configured to seal the opening/closing hole 202 of the receiving part 200 .
  • a sealing annular rim 203 is disposed on an upper outer annular part of the receiving part 200 .
  • the sealing annular rim 203 includes a receiving part sealing annular rim 105 on an upper inner wall of a screw thread of the main body 100 corresponding thereto.
  • the sealing annular rim 203 is hung on the receiving part sealing annular rim 105 to maintain the sealing between the receiving part 200 and the main body 100 .
  • the discharge member 300 is assembled around the main body mouth 101 of the main body within the main body 100 , and the upper cap 400 is coupled around the main body 100 on which the discharge member 300 is disposed.
  • An opening/closing hole cover 600 is coupled to the opening/closing hole 202 of the receiving part 200 of the apparatus 1 for containing the heterogeneous material.
  • the auxiliary sealing part 500 on which the sealing part 504 is disposed is pushed into the opening/closing hole 202 to allow the upper end coupling stopper 501 of the auxiliary sealing part 500 to be fixedly caught by the auxiliary sealing part stopper of the discharge member 300 .
  • the discharge member 300 is coupled around the upper main body mouth 101 of the main body 100 , and the auxiliary sealing part 500 blocks the opening/closing hole 202 of the receiving part 200 at a lower portion of the discharge member 300 , a discharge hole cover 700 is coupled to an upper portion of the discharge member 300 (see FIG. 6 ).
  • the discharge hole cover 700 is removed, and then a liquid or powder is injected through an upper end discharge hole 304 of the discharge member 300 , and the opening/closing upper cap 400 is coupled around the main body mouth 101 of the main body 100 , which corresponds to an upper side of the discharge member 300 .
  • a sealing inner wall 204 is disposed in the opening/closing hole 202 of the receiving part 200
  • a sealing reinforcement rim 205 for maintaining airtightness of the sealing part 504 is disposed on the sealing inner wall 204 .
  • the sealing inner wall 204 is disposed in the opening/closing hole 202 of the receiving part 200 , and at least five sealing part removing protrusions 206 are disposed on an upper portion 204 of the sealing inner wall 204 .
  • the sealing inner wall 204 is disposed in the opening/closing hole 202 of the receiving part 200 , and a space 207 is defined in an outer annular part of the sealing inner wall 204 .
  • each of the sealing part removing protrusions 206 is inclined inward, and the sealing part removing protrusions 206 have upwardly protruding lengths different from each other.
  • the elastic sealing part removing protrusions 206 having the protruding lengths different from each other may remove the sealing part 504 upward, regardless of the position of the sealing part 504 while the discharge member 300 descends after ascending.
  • a sealing annular wing 106 is disposed on an upper end of an inner wall of a discharge member receiving mouth 102
  • an annular rim catching rim 107 having an annular rim insertion groove 108 for catching and fixing the annular rim 208 of the receiving part 200 is disposed on a lower wall of the receiving part sealing annular rim 105 of the main body 100 .
  • a receiving part upper end insertion groove 109 with which the insertion part 209 of the receiving part 200 is assembled is defined in an upper surface of the receiving part sealing annular rim 105 .
  • a lower end sealing part insertion groove 110 into which a lower end sealing part 402 of the upper cap 400 is inserted is defined between the main body mouth 101 and the discharge member receiving mouth 102 .
  • annular rim 208 is assembled with the receiving part 200 within the main body 100 in a manner in which the annular rim 208 is fitted into the annular rim catching rim 107 .
  • a sealing part stopper 210 is disposed on a lower end inner wall in the lower end opening/closing hole 202 of the receiving part 200 (see FIG. 3 ).
  • the discharge member 300 is assembled around the discharge member receiving mouth 102 of the main body 100 .
  • the discharge member 300 is disposed to allow a mouth lower end upper receiving part 307 having a slightly recessed shape to surround a mouth lower end 103 .
  • An upper end stopper 301 and a lower end stopper 305 are disposed on the upper end of the discharge member 300
  • an elastic sealing annular wing 306 is disposed on an upper end inner wall of the discharge member 300 (see FIG. 4 ).
  • the apparatus 1 for containing the heterogeneous materials may be the apparatus 1 for containing the heterogeneous materials as illustrated in FIG. 1 when an auxiliary sealing part 500 is inserted into the opening/closing hole 202 after the different type of material is injected through the opening/closing hole 202 in the state of FIG. 5 .
  • the content is filled into the storage space 201 of the receiving part 200 through a space 308 .
  • the upper portion of the discharge hole 304 is sealed by the upper cap 400 as illustrated in FIG. 1 .
  • the upper cap 400 is coupled in a manner in which a screw thread 404 formed on an inner wall of a side surface 403 of the upper cap 400 rotates along a screw thread 104 formed on the outer annular part of the main body mouth 101 .
  • the apparatus 1 for containing the heterogeneous materials is coupled around the mouth of the container.
  • the mouth lower end 103 is temporarily expanded while the screw thread 104 of the main body mouth 101 rotates along the screw thread 404 of the upper cap 400 .
  • the mouth lower end gets out of the mouth lower end upper receiving part 307 (see FIG. 10 ), and when the upper cap 400 more rotates in this state, the mouth lower end 103 is caught by the stopper 302 and thus temporarily stopped.
  • the discharge member 300 may be stopped without being more lifted.
  • the upper end stopper 301 and the lower end stopper 305 of the discharge member 300 get out of the discharge member upper end stopper 401 and the discharge member lower end stopper 401 of the upper cap 400 , and thus, an upper cap sealing part 407 disposed on the bottom of the upper surface 406 gets out of the sealing annular wing 306 .
  • the upper cap 400 is separated from the main body 100 and the discharge member 300 .
  • the auxiliary sealing part 500 together with the discharge member 300 gats out of the opening/closing hole, and simultaneously, the different type of material stored in the storage space 201 drops into a container storage space BS through the opening/closing hole 202 and then is mixed.
  • This process is illustrated in FIG. 7 .
  • the upper cap 400 when the upper cap 400 is closed in the above-described state (see FIG. 7 ), the upper cap 400 pushes the discharge member 300 downward as illustrated in FIG. 8 , and simultaneously, the discharge member 300 and the upper cap 400 are coupled as the same as the first.
  • the sealing part 504 is caught by the sealing part removing protrusions 206 and thus separated from the auxiliary sealing part 500 . Then, the separated sealing part 504 does not block the opening/closing hole 202 . In this state, if the container B is shaken, the content within the container B moves into the storage space 201 through the opening/closing hole 202 , and the content within the storage space 201 and the content within the container storage space BS are mixed with each other to have a uniform concentration.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a portion of the upper cap 400 .
  • the discharge member upper end stopper 401 and the discharge member lower end stopper 405 may have inner diameters different from each other.
  • an inner diameter “Dl” may be greater than that “D”.
  • the upper cap 400 may be easily separated from the discharge member 300 .
  • FIG. 12 illustrates a portion of the receiving part 200 .
  • the sealing between the receiving part 200 and the container B may be significantly realized by the receiving part sealing part 211 .
  • the receiving part sealing part 211 may have elasticity.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates a portion of the discharge member 300 .
  • a discharge member stopping annular rim 309 is disposed above the mouth lower end upper receiving part 307 , and the discharge member stopping annular rim 309 is temporarily stopped by being caught by the sealing annular wing 106 as illustrated in FIG. 7 . Then, when the discharge member 300 descends, the discharge member stopping annular rim 309 descends while the sealing annular wing 106 temporarily moves back.
  • the mouth lower end 103 is disposed to elastically surround the mouth lower end upper receiving part 307 without providing the discharge member stopping annular rim 309 , the discharge member 300 is not slid downward unless an artificial force is applied to the discharge member 300 .
  • the mouth lower end 103 has a relatively thin thickness and superior elastic and restoring force.
  • the discharge member 300 is surrounded, and the stopper 302 of the discharge member 300 does not get out of the mouth lower end 103 , the discharge member 300 is not separated from the main body 100 .
  • the opening/closing hole 202 defined in the auxiliary sealing part 500 has a wide space, powder or a heterogeneous powder material such as granulation may be very easily filled into the storage space 201 , and also the auxiliary sealing part 500 may prevent the sealing part 504 from descending.
  • the powder may be more hardly hardened as the time elapses.
  • the sealing part 504 does not get out of the opening/closing hole 202 to break away.
  • the plurality of protrusions 503 for preventing the sealing part 504 from breaking away are provided on the auxiliary sealing part 500 to previously prevent the break-away of the sealing part 504 .
  • FIG. 16 illustrates a modified example of the auxiliary sealing part 500 .
  • a long space 505 may be defined downward, and an annular rim 507 for helping the seating of the sealing part 504 may be disposed on the sealing part insertion part 506 .
  • a sealing part moving part 310 and a discharge member lower end 311 are disposed on the lower end of the discharge member 300 .
  • a discharge member lower end protrusion 321 is provided to prevent the sealing part 504 fitted into the discharge member lower end 311 from being separated.
  • a sealing part lower end protrusion 212 for preventing the sealing part 504 from being separated is provided on the lower end of the receiving part 200 .
  • FIG. 17 illustrates a state in which the sealing part 504 is caught to ascend while the discharge member 300 ascends
  • FIG. 18 illustrates a state in which the sealing part 504 is caught by the sealing part removing protrusion 206 while the discharge member 300 descends to allow the discharge member 300 to move to the sealing part moving part 310 .
  • the sealing reinforcement rim 201 may improve the airtightness between the sealing part 504 and the sealing inner wall 204 . This is done because the sealing reinforcement rim 205 having a protruding line shape presses the sealing part 504 formed of a soft material to maintain the airtightness.
  • a protection cover 800 having a space 801 is coupled to a protection cover support 213 that is an outer portion of the opening/closing hole 202 . This is done because of preventing the sealing part 504 closely fixed to the discharge member lower end 311 of the discharge member 300 from being separated downward.
  • the sealing part 504 is assembled with the discharge member lower end 311 of the discharge member 300 , and the protection cover 800 including a space 802 and a protrusion 802 is assembled with the discharge member lower end 311 to prevent the sealing part 504 from dropping.
  • the discharge member 300 gets out of the opening/closing hole 202 , since the protrusion 803 is provided to ascend together with the discharge member 300 .
  • the sealing part 504 is caught by the sealing part removing protrusion 206 to allow the sealing part 504 to move to the sealing part moving part 310 .
  • FIG. 21 illustrates a cutaway perspective view of a main part in which the sealing part removing protrusions 206 are disposed on an upper end of the sealing part inner wall 204 .
  • an auxiliary removing protrusion 214 having a different height is disposed between the sealing part removing protrusions 206 .
  • the sealing part when the sealing part (see reference numeral 504 ) ascends, although an ascending degree of the sealing part to the upper end of the sealing part removing part 206 is different according to an ascending degree of the discharge member (see the above-described discharge member 300 ) by the consumer, the sealing part may be removed upward as long as the auxiliary removing protrusions 214 having various heights are provided.
  • the sealing part lower end protrusion 212 is disposed on the lower end, and the sealing part stopper 210 is disposed on the upper portion to prevent the sealing part from dropping through the sealing part stopper 210 even though the vacuum is applied to the container to allow the sealing part to drop.
  • the sealing reinforcement rim 205 may additionally apply a closely attaching force to the sealing part formed of the soft material.
  • a sealing part coupling rim 508 for fixing the sealing part 504 coupled to the auxiliary sealing part 500 is provided to prevent the auxiliary sealing part 500 assembled with the opening/closing hole 202 of the receiving part 200 to descend toward the opening/closing hole 202 after the auxiliary sealing part 500 ascends.
  • the auxiliary sealing part 500 or the sealing part 504 contacts the upper end of the sealing part removing protrusion 206 .
  • the auxiliary sealing part 500 ascends in a manner in which the auxiliary sealing part 500 is pushed upward from an upper portion of the sealing part stopper 303 .
  • the upper cap 400 is assembled with the upper portion of the main body 100
  • the sealing part 504 is assembled with the opening/closing hole 202 defined in a lower side of the storage space 201 of the receiving part 200
  • an auxiliary sealing part 500 including a space 509 and a protrusion 510 is assembled to a discharge member lower end 313 of the discharge member 300 to prevent the sealing part 504 from being separated downward from the opening/closing hole 202 of the sealing part 504 .
  • the apparatus 1 for containing the heterogeneous materials includes a main body 100 , a receiving part 200 having a storage space 201 within the main body 100 , and a vertically movable discharge member 300 .
  • a lower opening/closing hole 202 of the receiving part 200 is sealed by the auxiliary sealing part 500 , and the auxiliary sealing part 500 is connected to a lower end of the discharge member 300 (referring to the detailed description according to the first embodiment).
  • an upper discharge hole 408 in which a discharge hole sealing part 409 communicating with the discharge hole 304 of the discharge member 300 is disposed is defined in a top surface 406 of the upper cap 400 that vertically moves on the main body mouth 101 of the main body 100 , and an upper stopper 410 having a protrusion or groove shape is disposed on a side of the top surface 406 .
  • a discharge hole cover 900 for sealing the upper discharge hole 408 is assembled around the upper discharge hole 408 and the upper stopper 410 .
  • a cover sealing part 901 contacting the discharge hole sealing part 409 to maintain the airtightness is disposed on the discharge hole cover 900 .
  • a discharge hole cover stopper 904 caught by the upper stopper 410 is disposed inside a side surface 902 that is partitioned by a cutoff line 903 (see FIG. 25 ).
  • the cutoff line 903 may be defined between the top surface 905 and the side surface 902 . This is done for preventing the discharge hole cover 900 from being removed for a negative purpose.
  • spaces 906 and 907 may be defined in corresponding portions so as to prevent an air pressure from being applied while the discharge hole cover 900 is coupled to the upper discharge hole 408 and the upper stopper 410 of the upper cap 400 .
  • a main reason for forming the upper discharge hole 408 in an upper portion of the upper cap 400 is for more easily injecting the liquid or powder into the storage space 201 of the receiving part 200 .
  • about 250 million won to about 50 million won is spent for developing a filler for filing the content into the storage space 201 within the apparatus for containing the heterogeneous material, about 150 million won may be spend in the method using the discharge hole cover 900 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 26 illustrates a modified example of the discharge hole cover 900 that is used for sealing the upper discharge hole 408 after the different type of material is filled through the upper discharge hole 408 defined in the upper portion of the upper cap 400 .
  • the present invention is developed so that the content is discharged also through the discharge hole cover 900 .
  • the discharge hole cover 900 includes a cover sealing part 908 for sealing the upper discharge hole 408 .
  • the cover sealing part 908 is connected by a connection part 909 without being separated.
  • a skirt that is partitioned by a cutoff line 911 to prevent the cover sealing part form being opened for the negative purpose is disposed on the cover sealing part 908 .
  • the cover sealing part 908 is separated from the upper discharge hole 408 while the cutoff line 909 is broken, and thus, the upper discharge hole 408 is opened. Then, when it is intended to seal the upper discharge hole 408 , the guide part 912 is pushed to allow the cover sealing part 908 to seal the upper discharge hole 408 again.
  • FIG. 26 illustrates a structure in which a content is injected through the upper discharge hole 408 and also is discharged through the upper discharge hole 408 .
  • FIG. 26 illustrates a structure in which a content is injected through the upper discharge hole 408 and also is discharged through the upper discharge hole 408 .
  • other similar methods may be applied to the present invention.
  • a fundamental surface has been described with reference to the first embodiment.
  • the present embodiment is for explaining a discharge hole sealing part 411 has a stepped shape and disposed on the top surface of the upper cap 400 and an operation part 1000 assembled around the discharge hole sealing part 411 .
  • the operation part 1000 includes an operation part sealing part 1001 that is assembled with the discharge hole sealing part 441 that corresponds thereto and is opened or closed.
  • a space 102 and an operation part stopper 1003 are disposed in a lower portion of the operation part sealing part 1001 , and a discharge hole 1004 is defined in an outer upper portion of the operation part sealing part 1001 .
  • the operation part 1000 may be vertically movable because an operation part screw thread 1005 is coupled to an upper cap outer surface screw thread 412 that is screw-threaded on a side surface 403 of the upper cap 400 .
  • a discharge hole sealing part 411 having a width that gradually decreases downward is disposed on the upper discharge hole 408 , and the operation part sealing part 1001 of the operation part 1000 is inserted into the upper discharge hole 408 on which the discharge hole sealing part 411 is disposed to seal the discharge hole sealing part 411 .
  • An operation part stopper 1003 is disposed on a lower end of the operation part sealing part 1001 , and an operation part stopper 1003 is disposed on the operation part sealing part 1001 to catch a lower end of the discharge hole sealing part 411 , thereby preventing the discharge hole sealing part 411 from further ascending.
  • a screw thread 104 is formed on the main body mouth 101 of the apparatus 1 for containing the heterogeneous materials, and a screw thread 404 of the upper cap 400 is disposed around the screw thread 104 to perform the opening/closing operation. Also, a lower end of the screw thread 404 is configured so that the upper cap 400 is caught by the outer annular portion of the main body mouth 101 of the main body 100 and thus does not ascend above a predetermined height.
  • the screw thread 104 formed on the man body mouth 101 of the main body 100 may be disposed on only the upper portion of the main body mouth 101 , and an upwardly moving stopper 413 disposed on the lower end of the upper cap 400 is caught by the lower end of the screw thread 104 to prevent the upper cap 400 from further ascending.
  • the upper cap 400 is partially opened to lift the discharge member 300 .
  • the auxiliary sealing part 500 that blocks the opening/closing hole 202 is lifted, and simultaneously, the different type of material stored in the storage space 201 of the receiving part 200 drops down through the opening/closing hole 202 .
  • the space 1002 of the operation part 1000 communicates with the discharge hole 1004 that is defined thereabove.
  • the content may be discharged through the operation part discharge hole 1006 disposed on the upper portion of the operation part 1000 .
  • the operation part sealing part 1001 seals the discharge hole sealing part 411 .
  • the apparatus 1 for containing the heterogeneous materials which is coupled to the container in a discharge direction of the content includes a main body 100 coupled to the mount of the container, a screw thread 104 formed on the outer annular portion of the main body mouth 101 of the main body 100 , a discharge member receiving mouth 102 disposed inside the main body mouth 101 .
  • a vertically movable discharge member 300 is assembled with the discharge member receiving mouth 102 .
  • a receiving part 200 having a storage space 201 and an opening/closing hole 202 defined in a lower portion thereof is assembled with a bottom of the main body 100 with which the discharge member 300 is assembled.
  • the opening/closing hole 202 of the receiving part 200 is sealed by the auxiliary sealing part 500 , ad the auxiliary sealing part 500 is connected to the lower end of the discharge member 300 .
  • the upper cap 400 that is vertically movable within a predetermined range in the main body mouth 101 is assembled around the main body mouth 101 of the main body 100 .
  • the bottom portion of the upper cap 400 is fitted into the upper end of the discharge member 300 to vertically move together with the discharge member 300 .
  • the opening/closing hole 202 of the receiving part 200 is opened.
  • the upper cap stopper 413 is disposed on a lower end of the inner wall of the side surface 403 of the upper cap 400 .
  • the upper cap stopper 413 of the upper cap 400 is caught by the lower end of the screw thread 104 of the main body mouth 101 to prevent the upper cap 400 from ascending.
  • other similar method may be applied to the present invention.
  • a rubber introversion 1100 is disposed on the top surface of the upper cap 400 , and the mixed contents may be discharged through the rubber introversion 1100 by inserting a syringe into the rubber introversion 1100 .
  • connection part to which a hose is capable of being connected may be provided instead of the rubber introversion 1100 .
  • the different type of material may be injected through the opening/closing hole 202 of the receiving part 200 or through the discharge hole 304 of the discharge member 300 as described above.
  • the apparatus 1 for containing the heterogeneous materials is sorted by a bowl feeder, and the sorted product is placed on a block through an alignment feeder by a pick-up part of a machinery device.
  • the block moves for the next process by a series of conveyor devices. Also, in the moving process, whether several products that are previously sorted are normally processed on the block is detected by a sensor, and the sensed resultant data is transmitted into a central processing unit.
  • the product placed on the block immediately moves a block for the next process after the discharge hole cover 700 covered on the discharge hole 304 of the discharge member 300 is removed by the series of machinery devices.
  • the moving product is filled by a preset amount by controlling a nozzle to be filled or a nozzle that is not filled according to the product placed on the block.
  • the block on which filled product is placed moves by the conveyor devices.
  • the upper cap 400 is sorted by the bowl feeder, and the sorted product moves by the alignment feeder. Then, the sorted product may be puck-up by the pick-up part to cover the filled product.
  • the central processing unit transmits a command into a capping part for the next process according to whether the prior product is filled. That is, a chuck of a capper locks the upper cap in only the filled product.
  • the capped product may push the block by the conveyor devices that move in an opposite direction by the series of devices.
  • the good product of which the data is processed in the central processing unit and is inspected by using the inspection module is picked-up in the next process and then is rejected, and the poor product is picked-up in the next process and then is rejected.
  • the block When the process is completed as described above, the block may be pushed to the conveyor device that is disposed at an opposite side thereof to perform a series of continuous processes on the product.
  • the apparatus 1 for containing the heterogeneous materials that is proposed in the present invention includes a main body 100 , a receiving part 200 , a discharge member 300 , an upper cap 400 , and an auxiliary sealing part 500 .
  • the above-described parts may be automatically assembled by a series of assemblers.
  • the discharge member 300 is sorted by the series of bowl feeders and transferred into an assembly structure through the alignment feeder.
  • the transferred discharge member 300 moves for the next process after being fitted into a core. Also, whether the discharge member 300 exists in the assembly structure in this process or is normal is detected, and thus, the detected result is transmitted into the central processing unit.
  • the main body 100 is sorted by the bowl feeder, and the sorted main body 100 is assembled with the discharge member 300 disposed on the assembly structure that is provided in the former (prior) process by the alignment feeder.
  • whether the main body 100 is assembled with the discharge member 300 is detected by a detection unit, and the detected result is transmitted into the central processing unit.
  • the receiving part 200 is assembled around the moving assembly structure (in the state where in the main body is assembled with the discharge member). In this state as illustrated in FIG. 4 , whether the receiving part 200 is well assembled is inspected, and the inspected result is immediately transmitted into the central processing unit.
  • the upper cap 400 that is sorted by the bowl feeder is assembled around the assembly structure (the discharge member+the main body+the receiving part) that moves for the next process.
  • the assembly structure the discharge member+the main body+the receiving part
  • the next component is not assembled in the next process.
  • the upper cap 400 is not assembled, and the auxiliary sealing part 500 that is sorted by the bowl feeder is assembled with the auxiliary sealing part stopper 303 of the discharge member 300 around the opening/closing hole 202 that is defined in the lower portion of the receiving part 200 .
  • the present invention relates to a structure of an apparatus for containing heterogeneous materials, which effectively mixes concentrate with water, concentrate with general beverage, granulation with water, or powder with water, and so on, and the apparatus for containing the heterogeneous materials may be used in medicine, pharmacy, cosmetics, and industrial fields so as to improve the mixture of the heterogeneous materials.

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