KR101392957B1 - A cap having a storage unit - Google Patents

Abstract

A reservoir is provided inside the lid so that the additive can be sealed, and this reservoir is provided with a reservoir having a reservoir for allowing the additive to be dropped below the lid while the bottom is torn by the action of twisting the lid. The container lid according to the present invention is opened upward and downward, and the lower end portion is coupled to the opening portion of the container. In the middle portion, a transverse membrane that separates the upper and lower portions is formed and the additive is stored above the transverse membrane. An intermediate cap which is coupled to an upper end of the base cap while being opened upward and downward and which is formed to have an opener at its inner side so that the transverse membrane is torn when the opener is pulled, And an upper finishing cap for sealing the upper end cap.

Description

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The present invention relates to a container lid, and more particularly, to a container lid having a storage portion for allowing an additive stored in a lid to be dropped into the container by an action of twisting the lid.

Many people drink beverages with added additives. Typical examples of such beverages are liquid beverages, such as water, and may be added to liquid beverages in powder or tablet form.

These beverages are then used to provide the consumer with fruit juice, instant coffee, tea, baby formula, medicament, etc., after mixing the water and the additive.

While such beverages provide a satisfactory product to consumers at home or in an office environment, a variety of problems are encountered in delivering such beverages. For example, since a mixed beverage may be formed of a liquid-based additive and a liquid or dry additive, a consumer carrying the beverage in a briefcase, lunch box, automobile, etc., must mix the beverage before moving, You should carry the appropriate container for both the liquid and the additive.

Some beverages can be transported relatively easily by mixing the beverages prior to food intake, but they have a limited shelf life and are only capable of delivering optimal properties (e.g., flavor, color , Efficacy, concentration). For example, typical carbonated beverages and direct-drinking beverages often have short shelf life, color changes and sedimentation problems during shipping and storage. Beverages containing antioxidants, vitamins, tea extracts, plant extracts, fruit extracts and vegetable extracts may have the above problems. In addition, some pharmacologically active ingredients are not stable in liquid form and may have similar problems as above.

Thus, in some types of beverages it is desirable to mix the beverage immediately before drinking and the consumer is concerned about mixing this beverage before carrying it for a relatively long time. Consumers who want to enjoy this type of beverage properly have been required to mix liquids (eg water) and additives (eg powders) and drink them before mixing them.

To solve this problem, a method has been developed in which a small portion of the additive can be accommodated by a liquid container such as a water bottle or attached to the liquid container. In some of these practical articles, a certain amount of additive is stored in the lid of the liquid container and the consumer can, and the additive is removed from the lid through a number of operations and added to the contents of the container. Some practical products have attempted to facilitate this process by integrating the additive storage method with the neck of the bottle. However, in order to extract the additive from the practical product and move the additive to the liquid by integrating the additive storage method in the bottle neck as described above, it is possible to prevent the additive from flowing out of the beverage container such as a finger or a thumb of a consumer or a mechanical plunger The additive was forced to come into contact with some devices. The contact of the additive by some external object significantly increases the risk of contamination of the beverage due to dust, bacteria or other undesirable ingredients.

There is thus a continuing pursuit of the development of additional mixing schemes that are simple and elegant and prevented from contacting additives and / or beverages from external objects while attempting to provide portability for beverages that need to be mixed prior to drinking Has come.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been conceived in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a storage unit for sealing an additive inside a lid, So that the container can be dropped into the container lid.

The technical objects to be achieved by the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems and can be applied to any container requiring a lid which is rotated in an open container such as a water bottle, a beverage container, a health drink container, It will be possible.

In order to solve the above problems,
The upper end of the transverse membrane is connected to the opening of the container and the transverse membrane which is divided into upper and lower parts is formed in the middle of the middle part so that the additive is stored above the transverse membrane, A base cap integrally formed with the opener;
An intermediate cap coupled to an upper end of the base cap while being opened to an upper side and a lower side, the inner cap being formed to catch the opener, and the opener being rotated to cut the transverse membrane along the radius of rotation of the opener; And
And an upper finishing cap closing the open top of the intermediate cap to seal the additive,
Wherein the transverse membrane is formed with a perforated line along the radius of rotation of the opener so that the transverse membrane can be cut by the opener rotating,
Wherein the perforations are formed on a lower surface of the transverse membrane,
Wherein the perforated line is formed in two rows on one side of the opener facing the center of the transverse membrane and on the other side of the opener facing the edge of the transverse membrane,
A portion of the perforated line formed on one side of the opener facing the central portion of the transverse membrane is partially formed.

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In addition, at least one protrusion is formed on the inner lower portion of the base cap, and a groove is formed on the outer surface of the container corresponding to the protrusion so that the protrusion can be engaged with the protrusion so that the base cap coupled to the container can be fixed do.

A hook is formed at the upper end of the opener and a gear-shaped hook is formed at the inside of the intermediate cap so as to insert the hook, so that the hook and the hook are engaged with each other at any position, You can start to tear.

The upper surface of the opener may also be formed as an inclined surface or a rounded surface to prevent the upper portion of the opener from interfering with the engaging jaw when the intermediate cap is coupled to the base cap.

As described above, the container lid according to the present invention tends to pull the upper portion of the opener only by rotating the intermediate cap, so that the transverse membrane integral with the lower end portion of the opener is torn, and the additive stored in the upper portion of the transverse membrane is dropped into the container You can.

The container lid according to the present invention is sealed to prevent any external material from penetrating into the reservoir and there is a clean advantage since no hand or other tool is used to insert the additive in the reservoir.

The container lid according to the present invention has a structure in which the additive can be dropped while tearing off the transverse membrane in which the additive is stored. However, the torn transverse membrane is allowed to stick to the inside of the lid to prevent foreign matter from entering into the container have.

The container lid according to the present invention is a container lid which is filled in a container with a main body or an auxiliary agent and the auxiliary agent or the main body is stored in the lid so that the lid is pulled only when the user needs to drop the additive stored in the lid into the container, There is also an advantage in that the distribution period can be increased rather than being mixed from the beginning and stored in the container.

1 is a view showing a state where a lid according to the present invention is mounted on a container,
2 is an enlarged view showing the lid part of FIG. 1 in detail,
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the lid part of FIG. 2,
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the lower part of the base cap shown in FIG. 3,
5 is a view showing a transverse membrane and an opener according to the present invention,
6 is a view showing another embodiment of the base cap according to the present invention,
7 is a view showing a state in which the latching part of the opener is engaged while the upper finishing cap is mounted,
FIG. 8 is a view sequentially showing a state where an additive is contained in a lid according to the present invention and assembled with a container, and
FIG. 9 is a view sequentially showing the state where the additive of FIG. 8 is dropped into the container.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference symbols whenever possible. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a state in which a container lid according to the present invention is mounted, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing a detail of the inside of the lid.

1 and 2, a lid 100 according to the present invention includes a base cap 110 screwed to an open top of a container 10, A cap 130 and an upper closure cap 140 closing the open upper portion of the intermediate cap 130.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view for explaining the shape and structure of the lid more easily, and FIG. 4 is a view of the base cap seen from the bottom.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the base cap 110 according to the present invention is formed with a body ring 111 having a female screw corresponding to the male screw formed at the opening of the container 10, A storage ring 112 having a storage portion for storing an additive is formed and a transverse membrane 113 for blocking the additive from falling down between the body ring 111 and the storage ring 112 is integrally formed . An opener 115 integral with the transverse membrane 113 is formed on one or both sides of the upper surface of the transverse membrane 113 so as to protrude upward so that the transverse membrane 113 can be torn.

The opener 115 of the base cap 110 according to the present invention is configured to integrally form a locking part 116 having an upwardly elongated shape and an upper bent outwardly. That is, when the opener 115 receives a force to move laterally by an external force, since the lower end of the opener 115 is formed integrally with the transverse membrane 113, the transverse membrane 113 is torn . To this end, the transverse membrane 113 may be configured to be cut along the radius of rotation of the opener 115.

2 and 4, a perforated line 114 is formed on the lower surface of the transverse membrane 113 along the edge of the transverse membrane 113 (the radius of rotation of the opener) The transverse membrane 113 can be torn along the perforated line 114 so that the transverse membrane 113 can be easily opened. In this case, the perforation line 114 may be formed in two rows on the inner and outer sides with respect to the lower end of the opener 115 so that the perforated line 114 tears in a strip shape when the opener 115 is pulled. In order to prevent the transverse membrane 113 from falling into the container 10 after the transverse membrane 113 is completely torn by the opener 115 and the storage section is opened after the storage section is opened, It is preferable that some of the perforated lines formed on the inner side of the two perforated lines 114 are not formed.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, at least one line of bending line 113a may be formed in the transverse membrane 113 according to the present invention. The bending line 113a is intended to allow the transverse membrane 113 to be folded downward one or more times and it is more likely that the transverse membrane 113 will not be sagged down and the additive will not be poured out, Thereby forming a folding line 113a which can be folded.

It is preferable that the base cap 110 according to the present invention does not have a step on the outer surface of the cosmetic cap so that the outer diameter of the storage ring 112 may be smaller than the diameter of the body ring 111. [ Therefore, the outer diameter of the intermediate cap 130 when screwed to the storage ring 112 can be made to coincide with the outer diameter of the body ring 111.

The intermediate cap 130 according to the present invention is configured to be screwed to the storage ring 112 of the base cap 110. [ Therefore, a male screw may be formed on the storage ring 112 of the base cap 110, and a female screw may be formed on the inner surface of the intermediate cap 130. At this time, a locking protrusion 132 is formed at the inner upper end of the intermediate cap 130 so that the locking portion 116 of the opener 115 can be seated.

The stopper 132 is in contact with the stopper 116 of the opener 115 when the intermediate cap 130 rotates to forcibly pull the opener 115. Since the position and the like of the engaging portion 116 can be an important variable in the engaging jaw 132, it is more efficient to form the engaging jaw 132 in the form of a plurality of gears. 3, when the engaging jaw 132 is formed in a gear shape arranged in a circular arc shape, the engaging portion 116 is fitted in the engaging jaw 132 at any position, The opener 115 is pulled at the same time as the rotating membrane 113 is rotated, and the transverse membrane 113 can be torn.

Since the lid 100 according to the present invention rotates the intermediate cap 130 and tears the transverse membrane 113 so that the additive is dropped into the container 10, the base cap 110 and the intermediate cap 130 are in the same direction It is more likely that only the base cap 110 will be rotated rather than the intermediate cap 130, so that screwing in opposition to each other will be better. For example, assuming that both the intermediate cap 130 and the base cap 110 are designed to be in a right-hand thread engagement, the intermediate cap 130 is connected to the intermediate cap 130 when the intermediate cap 130 is turned to the left The repulsion of the opener 115 and the transverse membrane 113 can predict the case where the base cap 110 can be returned rather than tearing the transverse membrane 113. In this case, since the middle cap 130 is rotated by one hand and the other hand is held by the base cap 110 rather than the container 10, the problem of difficulty in receiving the container 10 occurs. Accordingly, when the base cap 110 is designed as a right-hand screw as in the conventional method and the intermediate cap 130 is designed as a left-handed screw, when the intermediate cap 130 is first turned to the right for dispensing of the additive, Rather, a locking force is applied to the intermediate cap 130, so that the intermediate cap 130 can have a large force, thereby facilitating the ripping of the transverse membrane 113.

Alternatively, it is also possible to fix the base cap 110 so as not to be pulled out to the outside after being coupled to the container 10. 6, at least one protrusion 117 is formed on the inner lower end of the garter base cap 110 and a groove is formed on the outer surface of the container 10 corresponding to the protrusion 117, After the cap 110 is lowered and coupled, the protrusion 117 and the groove engage with each other to prevent the base cap 110 from being drawn out. This is possible because the intermediate cap 130 can serve as a lid and the base cap 110 does not need to be opened.

The upper closure cap 140 according to the present invention closes the opened upper portion of the intermediate cap 130 and the storage space of the base cap 110 and presses the opener 115 so as not to move. As shown in FIG. 2, the upper finishing cap 140 is fitted to the open upper end portion of the intermediate cap 130 by fitting. That is, in order to add the additive to the reservoir of the base cap 110, the upper portion of the intermediate cap 130 must be opened, and after the additive is filled through the open top, it should not be allowed to open again. Since it is possible to prevent entry into the apparatus.

Since the opener 115 according to the present invention is mostly made of a plastic material and has a long bar shape, the opener 115 can be twisted when it is pulled after being caught by the latching jaw 132, Lt; / RTI > In addition, due to the nature of the assembly, the intermediate cap 130 is lowered to the upper side of the storage ring 112, and the outer diameter of the engagement portion 116 is larger than the inner diameter of the engagement protrusion 132, That is, when the opener 115 is vertically erected, the engaging portion 116 of the opener 115 is caught by the inner engaging jaw 132 of the intermediate cap 130 when the intermediate cap 130 is engaged, It becomes difficult.

7, the openers 115 are designed to be inclined in consideration of the interference relationship between the openers and the latching jaws, and are then coupled to each other. As shown in this drawing, the openers 115 are inclined toward the center of the storage portion So that the intermediate cap 130 does not interfere with the fitting of the intermediate cap 130. In this state, the engaging portion 116 of the opener 115 and the engaging jaw 132 of the intermediate cap 130 are not fitted to each other. Therefore, the close plate 142 is formed on the lower surface of the upper finishing plate 140 So that the opener 115 is pushed outward when the upper finishing plate 140 is closed to the intermediate cap 130. The upper surface of the opener plate 142 is in contact with the lower surface of the upper plate 140. When the lower surface of the upper plate 140 is lowered, The outer inclined surface of the plate 142 pushes the opener 115 outward naturally.

5, the opener 115 is formed not to be inclined as described above, but an interference preventing surface 116a is provided at the upper end thereof so that even if the upper end of the opener 115 and the engaging jaw 132 interfere with each other, (115) slides and tilts inward and then returns to its original position. This interference preventing surface 116a can be formed by forming the upper surface of the opener 115 as an inclined surface or a round surface.

Hereinafter, a method of using the container lid 100 having a storage portion to discharge the formed additive as described above will be briefly described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 8 is a view sequentially showing the state where the additive is contained in the lid and is coupled with the container, and FIG. 9 is a view sequentially showing the state where the additive is dropped into the container by opening the lid containing the additive.

First, the process of storing the additive in the lid and bonding the lid to the container will be described.

The lid 100 is prepared in three stages as shown in FIG. 8, and the intermediate cap 130 is mounted on the storage ring 112 of the base cap 110 in this state. Alternatively, the additive (a) may be added to the storage portion of the base cap 110 prior to the mounting of the intermediate cap 130. After the intermediate cap 130 is mounted on the base cap 110 and the additive a is contained, the upper finishing cap 140 is closed to seal the reservoir containing the additive a. Then, the assembled lid 100 is mounted on the container 10 and completed. Hereinafter, the assembly of the lid 100 and the container 10 is finalized. However, after the base cap 110 and the container 10 are firstly joined, the intermediate cap 130 and the upper finishing cap 140, May be assembled.

The finished lid 100 as described above is dropped by the consumer into the container 10 to drink the additive a for drinking.

9, when the intermediate cap 130 is held by a hand and turned in a direction in which the screw is loosened, the opener 115 fitted in the engagement protrusion 132 of the intermediate cap 130 is pulled, The transverse membrane 113 formed integrally with the lower end of the diaphragm 115 is torn along the perforated line 114 to be opened.

The transverse membrane 113 torn along the perforated line 114 is not entirely torn in a circular shape, but a part of the transverse membrane 113 is left as it is, so that a part of the transverse membrane 113 is attached to the lower end of the opener 115 The additive (a) that has been dropped falls into the container (10), and the additive (a) and the liquid in the container (100) are mixed.

When the additive (a) is dropped in such a manner, some additives may be added if it is shaken in some cases, and some additive may be mixed in water even if it is kept still. These methods of use vary according to the beverage and can be manualed for reference.

After the additives are mixed, the base cap 110 is opened to allow the contents to be drunk through the opening of the container 10.

The present invention is not limited to the configuration and operation of the embodiments described above. The embodiments may be configured so that all or some of the embodiments may be selectively combined so that various modifications may be made.

10: container
100: container lid 110: base cap
111: body ring 112: storage ring
113: Transverse membrane 113a: Bend line
114: Perforation line 115: Opener
116: Retaining portion 116a: Interference prevention surface
130: intermediate cap 132:
140: upper finishing cap 142:

Claims (6)

The transverse membrane 113 is formed in the middle part of the transverse membrane 113 so that the additive a is stored above the transverse membrane 113, A base cap 110 integrally formed on one or both sides of an upper edge of the upper surface of the base 110 so as to protrude upward;
The opener 115 is coupled to the upper end of the base cap 110 while the opener 115 is opened and the transverse membrane 113 is connected to the opener 115 by rotating the opener 115, An intermediate cap (130) to be incised along a radius of rotation of the cap (130); And
And an upper closure cap (142) for closing the open top of the intermediate cap (130) to seal the additive (a)
A perforated line 114 is formed in the transverse membrane 113 along the radius of rotation of the opener 115 so that the transverse membrane 113 can be cut by the opener 115,
The perforated line 114 is formed on the lower surface of the transverse membrane 113,
The perforated line 114 is formed on one side of the opener 115 facing the center of the transverse membrane 113 and on the other side of the opener 115 facing the edge of the transverse membrane 113,
Wherein a portion of the perforated line (114) formed on one side of the opener (115) facing the center of the transverse membrane (113) of the perforated line (114) is partially formed.
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At least one protrusion 117 is formed in the inner lower portion of the base cap 110 and a groove is formed on the outer surface of the container 10 corresponding to the protrusion 117 so that the protrusion 117 can be fitted Wherein the container lid has a storage portion.
The method according to claim 1,
A latching protrusion 116 is formed on the upper end of the opener 115 and a latching protrusion 132 is formed on the inner side of the intermediate cap 130 so as to insert the latching portion 116. [ A container lid having a reservoir.
6. The method of claim 5,
The upper surface of the opener 115 may be inclined or curved so as to prevent the upper portion of the opener 115 from interfering with the engaging jaw 132 when the intermediate cap 130 is coupled to the base cap 110. [ Wherein the container lid is formed as a rounded surface.

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