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 an.
Also, the apparatus for containing the heterogeneous materials may be used in industrial fields such as medicine, pharmacy, cosmetics, and the like and alcoholic beverage fields so as to improve mixture of the heterogeneous materials.
In general, a separate space has to be provided in a container to mix powder or concentrate with liquid beverage stored in the beverage container.
A conventional structure for mixing heterogeneous materials with each other as described above is disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,962,254, 6,230,884, and 6,854,595.
However, it is difficult to effectively overcome limitations in functional structure, mixing efficiency, barrier, responsiveness of a product line, use convenience, and the like. Thus, the conventional structure is not popularized until now.
Also, although a joint venture technology of US, Germany, and Austria and a Japanese technology are coming into the spotlight in the international society, the Japanese technology has been popularly commercialized first.
However, the Japanese technology (JP-P-2001-0018542, Jun. 19, 2001) may have a problem in which a portion for forming an opening drops into a container. As a result, it is apprehended that child swallow the dropping portion. Recently, although 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.
Also, although US Patent Publication No. 2003-72850 is disclosed, this invention has a limitation in which it is difficult to technically secure airtightness, workability, mold manufacture, and insertion of a content into a receiving part.
Also, there is International Patent Publication No. WO2007/79200. Here, a screw thread is formed on an outer annular part of an inner cap, and an operation part that rotates to an outer annular part to correspond to the screw thread of the inner cap cuts a sealing part within the inner cap by using a sharp portion thereof. However, the sealing for a storage space may be deteriorated, and also, it may be difficult to manufacture the portion for breaking the sealing part so as to mix the content within the storage space.
An objective of the present invention is to form a new content through a method in which, when a bottle cap containing a heterogeneous material is coupled to a container neck, an operation part is opposed to the container neck during the above-described process, and thus, the heterogeneous material contained in a storage space drops into a space within the container and then is mixed.
Another objective of the present invention is to discharge mixed contents through an upper cap that is disposed on an upper portion of the bottle cap.
A bottle cap containing a different kind of material includes a main body coupled to a container neck and a receiving part having a storage space, which is coupled to the inside of the main body. Also, an opening/closing that is a path through which a content of a storage space drops is defined in a lower portion of the receiving part, and a sealing part is disposed on the opening/closing hole. Also, an operation part including a dolphin for removing the sealing part of the receiving part is coupled to the bottom of the receiving part of the bottle cap.
Also, the sealing part disposed on a lower portion of the storage space of the receiving part may block the opening/closing hole from an upper portion to a lower portion or be provided as a thin film. Thus, the content of the storage space may drop into the container through the opening/closing hole and then be mixed in a manner in which the operation part ascends upward to push the opening/closing hole upward, or the thin film is cut.
Also, a dolphin that lengthily extends is disposed on the bottom of the main body including the receiving part, and a sealing part that is partitioned by using a cutoff line is disposed to correspond to the dolphin. Thus, in this state, when the operation part moves upward, the dolphin corresponding thereto may break the sealing part that is partitioned by the cutoff line to allow the content of the storage space to drop and be mixed.
According to the present invention, the separate storage space may be formed to be spaced apart from the main content stored in the container to store powder, granulation, or concentrate, and then, the bottle cap may be simply coupled to allow the heterogeneous material to drop and be mixed through the simple manipulation such as the coupling of the bottle cap, thereby easily simply manipulating the mixing of the heterogeneous material.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A bottle cap 1 containing a different kind of material, which is coupled to a container in a discharge direction of a content includes a main body 10 coupled to a mouth of the container and a receiving part 20 having a storage space 22 and an opening/closing hole 22 within the main body 10. A discharge member 30 is coupled around a main body mouth 11 that is disposed in an upper portion of the main body 10 having the receiving part 20, and the opening/closing hole 22 of the receiving part 20 is sealed by a lower side of the discharge member 30. Also, a discharge member upper stopper 41 of an upper cap 40 is caught by and assembled around an upper end upper stopper 32 of the discharge member 30. In the bottle cap 1 having the above-described structure, when the upper cap 40 is opened, the discharge member 30 ascends, and a sealing part that seals the opening/closing hole 22 of the receiving part 20 is lifted upward to open the opening/closing hole 22 of the receiving part 20.
Also, an annular rim 53 is disposed on an upper end with respect to the bottom of the receiving part 20, and an operation part 50 on which a dolphin 52 is disposed in a space 51 defined therebetween is disposed on the bottom.
In the bottle cap 1 as described above, when the bottle cap 1 including the operation part 50 is assembled with a neck of a container 100, the operation part 50 is opposed to the neck of the container 100 and thus is stopped temporarily. In this state, the main body 10 together with the receiving part 20 descends, and the dolphin 52 of the operation part 50 pushes the sealing part 31 mounted on the opening/closing hole 22 of the receiving part 20 upward. In this state, the different kind of material stored in the storage space 21 of the receiving part 20 drops through the opening/closing hole 22 of the receiving part 20 and then is mixed.
Also, an annular rim 53 is disposed on an upper outer annular portion of the operation part 50, and the operation part 20 moves upward with respect to the receiving part 20 when the annular rim 53 contacts an upper end of the neck of the container 100. In this process, the dolphin of the operation part 50 pushes the sealing part 31 mounted on the opening/closing hole 22 of the receiving part 20 upward.
For reference, the operation part 50 is inserted into the neck of the container 100. In this state, when the bottle cap 1 rotates with respect to the neck of the container 100, while the main body 10 of the bottle cap 1 is coupled with respect to the neck of the container 100, the operation part 50 and the receiving part 20 are closely attached to each other. In this process, the dolphin 52 of the operation part 50 may push the sealing part 31 of the receiving part 20 outward to open the opening/closing hole 22.
Also, while a screw thread 12 formed on an inner wall of a side surface of the main body 10 is coupled along a container neck screw thread 101 of the container 100, the operation part 50 is fitted into and coupled around the main body 10. In this process, the annular rim 53 of the operation part 50 is closely fixed to an annular rim stopper 13 of the main body 10.
Also, when the upper cap 40 is opened, the screw thread 42 of the upper cap 40 ascends along the screw thread 15 of the main body mouth 11, and also, an upper stopper 32 ascends together with the discharge member 30. Then, when a stopper 33 of the discharge member 30 is hung on a mouth lower end 14, the upper cap 40 is separated from the upper stopper 32 of the discharge member 30 and thus is separated from the discharge member 30. As a result, the mixed contents are discharged through the discharge member 30 (see
According to another embodiment (see
Also, when the operation part 50 is fitted into the receiving part 20 to reduce a distance therebetween, in the state where the annular rim 53 disposed on an upper end outer annular portion of the operation part 50 contacts the upper end of the container neck, the receiving part 20 and the operation part 50 may be more coupled to each other while the main body 1 of the bottle cap 1 is coupled along the container neck.
Also, when the receiving part 20 and the operation part 50 are assembled with each other to reduce the distance therebetween, the dolphin 52 disposed on a lower portion of the operation part 50 pushes the sealing part 60 that blocks the opening/closing hole 22 of the receiving part 20 toward the storage space of the receiving part 20 to open the opening/closing hole 22 of the receiving part 20.
Also, the dolphin 52 of the operation part 50 has a space 52 thereunder, and the annular rim 53 of the operation part 50 is coupled to a portion of the main body 10 to remove the operation part 50 and the main body 10 from the container neck.
Also, the annular rim 53 of the operation part 50 is hung on an annular rim stopper 13 of the main body 10 so that the operation part 50 and the receiving part 20 are integrated with each other. Thus, in the state where the operation part 50 is coupled to the main body 10, the operation part 50 and the main body 10 are separated from the container neck.
Also, an opening/closing operation part 70 and an upper cap 80 for discharging the mixed contents may be provided in an upper portion of the bottle cap 1 including the operation part 50 (see
According to further another embodiment (see
For reference,
According to further another embodiment (see
Also, an annular rim 53 is disposed on an upper outer annular portion of the operation part 50 to contact an upper end of a container neck. In this process, when the main body 10 is further coupled to the container neck, the operation part 50 may be further fitted into the main body 10 to reduce a distance therebetween. In this process, the dolphin 52 of the operation part 50 breaks the sealing part 90 disposed on the lower portion of the receiving part 16.
Also, the annular rim 53 is disposed on an upper end annular portion of the operation part, and an annular rim stopper 13 is disposed within the main body corresponding thereto. When the operation part 50 is fitted around the inner receiving part 16 of the main body 10, the annular rim of the operation part 50 is hung on the annular rim stopper 13 of the main body 10 so that the operation part 50 and the main body 10 are integrated with each other.
According to another embodiment (see
Also, an annular rim 53 is disposed on an upper outer annular portion of the operation part 50 to contact an upper end of the container neck, thereby being opposed to the upper end of the container neck. Thus, the operation part 50 is more fitted around the receiving part 16, and in this process, the sealing part S gets out of the sealing corresponding part 58 to open the opening/closing hole 19.
Also, a separate opening/closing operation part 70 for discharging the mixed contents is disposed on an upper end of the bottle cap 1.
According to further another embodiment (see
Also, an annular rim 53 is disposed on an upper outer annular portion of the operation part 50, and also, the annular rim 53 includes the operation part induction part G between an annular rim stopper 13 of the main body 10 and the main body 10 corresponding to the operation part 50. Thus, the operation part 50 together with the main body 10 is separated from the neck of the container 100 in a manner in which the operation part 50 is fitted into the operation part induction part G (see
Also, a thin film-shaped auxiliary sealing part SS is disposed on a lower portion of the sealing part 54 to improve airtightness. As illustrated in
Also, a separate receiving part 20 having a storage space 21 is coupled to a lower portion of the main body 10 through a protrusion or groove. As illustrated in
Also, when the main body 10 is coupled around the operation part 50, the dolphin 18 that lengthily extends on the bottom of the main body 10 may push sealing part 54 of the operation part 50 that corresponds thereto to open the opening/closing hole.
For reference, the main body 10 of the bottle cap 1 may be coupled to the container in a screw manner, one-touch manner, or adhesion manner. Also, the screw thread formed on the main body 10 may be realized through various manners.
Also, a screw thread is formed between the operation part 50 and the receiving part 20, and thus a distance between the operation part 50 and the receiving part 20 is reduced by the screw thread. However, in this case, the sealing of the storage space may be deteriorated, and thus, this method may be non-efficiency.
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 mixture of the heterogeneous materials.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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10-2009-0031053 | Apr 2009 | KR | national |
10-2009-0039508 | May 2009 | KR | national |
10-2009-0121652 | Dec 2009 | KR | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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PCT/KR2010/002129 | 4/7/2010 | WO | 00 | 1/30/2015 |