1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a canteen particularly to one composed of a main body, a cover, a control unit and a valve, with the valve moved up and down to keep an outlet opened or clogged by rotating the control unit, neither necessary to open the cover nor to touch the outlet, assuring hygienic drinking.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Commonly, a conventional canteen is provided with an opening formed on its top for being sealed with a cover to prevent the water contained in it from leaking out, conveniently carried around. But, the cover has to be loosely screwed and taken away so as to pour out the water in the canteen when a user is to drink it, practically inconvenient for using.
The object of this invention is to offer a canteen able to let a user drink the water in it without opening the cover and touching its suction portion to assure drinking sanitation.
The main characteristics of the invention are a main body, a cover, a control unit, a valve and an annular blocker. The main body is provided with an opening formed at its top. The cover is engaged with the opening of the main body, provided with a jointing tube formed in its central portion to protrude into the opening of the main body, and two notches symmetrically cut at two sides of the jointing tube. The control unit is fixed on the cover, provided with a jointing portion formed at its lower portion, a sucker formed at its upper portion and having an outlet bored in its center, and two grooves formed at two sides of the jointing portion and reversely shaped. The valve is installed inside the control unit, provided with a bar formed on its top for corresponding to the outlet of the control unit, and a guiding rod transversely extended out from two sides of its bottom to extend through the grooves of the control unit and the notches of the cover. The annular blocker is fixed at the bottom of the control unit.
This invention is better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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The main body 2 is provided with an opening 20 formed at its top, and a male-threaded portion 21 formed around the outer wall of the opening 20.
The cover 3 is engaged with the opening 20 of the main body 2, provided with a female-threaded portion 30 formed around its inner wall for engaging with the male-threaded portion 21 of the main body 2, a jointing tube 31 formed in its central portion to protrude into the opening 20 of the main body 2, and an annular projection 32 located around between the tube 31 and the female-threaded portion 30 to lean on the top of the inner wall of the opening 20. The jointing tube 31 has two notches 310 cut symmetrically.
The control unit 4 is fixed on the cover 3, provided with a jointing member 40 formed at its lower portion, and a sucker 41 formed at its upper portion. The jointing member 40 is provided with two grooves 400 respectively formed at its two corresponding sides and reversely shaped, a notch 401 formed in the lower end of each of the grooves 400, a plugging end 402 formed around its bottom, and an annular groove 403 formed above the grooves 400 for fitting with a gasket (P). An outlet 410 is bored in the center of the sucker 41.
The valve 5 is installed inside the control unit 4, provided with a bar 50 formed on its top for corresponding to the outlet 410 of the sucker 41 of the control unit 4, a flexible covering 51 used to be capped on the bar 50, and a guiding rod 52 transversely extended out from two sides of its bottom to pass through the grooves 400 of the control unit 4 and the notches 310 of the cover 3.
The annular blocker 6 is fixed at the bottom of the control unit 4, bored with a through hole in its center, and provided with an annular groove 60 and two symmetrical projections 61.
In assembling, as shown in
In using, as shown in
Therefore, the canteen of the invention can be operated, not only unnecessary to open the cover 3 but also to touch the sucker 41 and the outlet 410, convenient for using and assuring sanitary drinking.
While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.