Patent Grant
11447308
The present application is based on Chinese patent application No. 202111149804.4 filed on Sep. 29, 2021, and claims its priority. The entire disclosure of the application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of water containers, in particular to a cup lid with pressing linkage.
The conventional travel mugs mainly include three types. The first type has the most common cup lid design. This type of insulated cup are used directly after opening the lid, but they are easy to lose heat while drinking with the lid open, which affects the heat insulating effect. At the same time, the lid needs to be opened as a whole and cannot be operated with one hand. The second type is opened by pressing, that is, a pressing mechanism is provided at the center of the cup lid, and water can be discharged by pressing the pressing mechanism. Although this type of thermo cups is convenient to carry and can be operated with one hand, however, there are a large amount of bacteria on fingers, which may easily contaminate the water outlet of the pressing mechanism during contact, and indirectly affects the quality of drinking water, moreover, the finger may be burned when pressing. The third type has a straw design. This type of insulated cups is difficult to pour water directly along the water outlet, and the bacteria in the human mouth will easily contaminate the straw when drinking directly through the straw, and even burn user's mouth during drinking. Therefore, there is a need for a portable water container or insulated cup that may be operated with one hand, with fast transmission to open the water outlet when pressing, and at the same time avoids the water outlet being contaminated.
An objective of the present disclosure is to provide a cup lid with pressing linkage, which has a compact structure that can be operated with one hand. The cup lid has a fast transmission and a low gear ratio to open a water outlet when pressing, as well as a good sealing effect, in order to avoid leakage and contamination of the water outlet.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a technical proposal of the present disclosure provides:
a cup lid with pressing linkage, the cup lid including a hollow cover body with a water outlet, a linkage assembly including a first linkage, a second linkage, and a third linkage that are connected in sequence being arranged in the cover body.
A though-hole is provided on one side of the cover body, and a pressing handle is hinged with an outer wall of the cover body and is rotatable relative to the cover body around a hinge point. One end of the pressing handle passes through the though-hole and is hinged to one end of the first linkage.
A partitioning plate is provided in the cover body, with a first limiting hole provided thereon. One end of the second linkage passes through the first limiting hole and is connect to an end of the first linkage away from the pressing handle. The first limiting hole is used for restricting the second linkage so that the second linkage moves linearly.
The other end of the second linkage is hinged with one end of the third linkage, and the other end of the third linkage is connected with a sealing plug. The third linkage is used for controlling the sealing plug to open or seal the water outlet.
Preferably, the third linkage includes a first supporting rod and a second supporting rod that are integrally connected with an angle of 60° to 150° therebetween. Limiting plates are arranged on two sides corresponding to the third linkage on an inner wall of the cover body. The first supporting rod and the second supporting rod are hinged to the limiting plates at a connection point therebetween, and ends of the first supporting rod and the second supporting rod that are away from the connection point are connected with the second linkage and the sealing plug, respectively.
Preferably, the sealing plug is located below the water outlet, and a pressing hole matching an end portion of the second supporting rod is provided on the sealing plug, and one end of the second supporting rod is disposed inside the pressing hole for pressing the sealing plug downward.
Preferably, a first reset spring is disposed between a lower end of the sealing plug and the inner wall of the cover body, and the first reset spring is used for controlling the sealing plug to move upward.
Preferably, an upper end of the sealing plug is provided with a silicone sheet matching with the water outlet.
Preferably, a second reset spring is disposed between the other end of the second linkage that is away from the first linkage and the partitioning plate.
Preferably, sliding grooves are provided along a vertical direction on two sides of the sealing plug, and sliding rails matching with the sliding grooves are provided on two sides of the inner wall of the cover body corresponding to the sealing plug, so that the sealing plug can move linearly along the sliding rails.
Preferably, a limiting slot is provided at the one end of the first linkage that is close to the second linkage, and a limiting shaft is disposed inside the limiting slot along a vertical direction. The one end of the second linkage is provided with a second limiting hole in clearance fit with the limiting shaft, and the limiting shaft converts a rotary motion of the first linkage into a linear motion of the second linkage.
Preferably, the partitioning plate separates the cover body into a first cavity and a second cavity, the water outlet is in communication with the second cavity, the second linkage is fitted to and sealed with the first limiting hole, and a bottom wall of the cover body is provided with a water inlet in communication with the second cavity.
Preferably, the cover body includes an upper casing and a lower casing that are in sealing connection while are detachable from each other. The linkage assembly is located between the upper casing and the lower casing, and the water inlet is located on the lower casing.
Preferably, a locking pin for blocking one side of the first linkage is arranged inside the first cavity, and the locking pin is provided with a knob extending out of a side wall of the cover body.
Preferably, a cap matching with the water outlet is hinged to the outer wall of the cover body, and a protection frame corresponding to a periphery of the pressing handle is provided on the side wall of the cover body.
A cup, including the above-mentioned cup lid with pressing linkage, further includes a hollow cup body, and the cup body is sealed while detachably connected with the cup lid.
The advantageous effects of the present disclosure compared with the prior art are that the cup lid with pressing linkage provided has a compact structure. The pressing handle is connected with the sealing plug through the linkage assembly, so that the pressing handle may be operated with one hand, and then control the sealing plug to open or close the water outlet through transmission via the linkage assembly. The linkage assembly provided has high transmission efficiency and a low gear ratio, for example, the sealing plug may be pressed 7 mm downward when the pressing handle is pressed 4 mm downward, which is operated easily and efficiently. The cup lid may be applied on insulated cups and water bottles, which may have a better sealing effect and, at the same time, prevent leakage and contamination of the water outlet so that may improve user experience comparing to existing products.
In order to more clearly illustrate the technical proposals of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present disclosure, one of ordinary skill in the art, without any creative effort, can obtain other drawings based on these drawings.
In order to make the above objectives, features, and advantages of the present disclosure more obvious and understandable, the present disclosure will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and detailed embodiments.
It should be understood that, in the description of this disclosure, the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms “middle”, “top”, “bottom”, “inner”, “outer”, etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is merely for descriptive and simplifying purpose to the disclosure, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, nor be constructed and operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, it cannot be understood as a limitation on the present disclosure In addition, the terms “first” and “second” are used for descriptive purposes only, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features referred to. Therefore, the features defined as “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present disclosure, the meaning of “plurality” is two or more, unless otherwise specified.
In the present disclosure, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms “installation”, “connected”, “fixed” and other terms should be interpreted as broad meaning, for example, it may be connected or detachably connected, or formed into one entity; it may be a physical connection or electrical connection; it may be directly connected, or it may be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; it may be an internal communication or interaction between two elements. Those skilled in the art can understand the specific meanings of the above terms in the present disclosure according to specific situations.
In the present disclosure, unless otherwise clearly specified and defined, the first feature “above” or “below” the second feature may include the direct contact of the first and second feature, or may include the first and second features not in direct contact but through another feature therebetween. Moreover, the first feature is “on”, “above” and “over” the second feature includes that the first feature is directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. The first feature is “under”, “below” and “underneath” the second feature includes that the first feature is directly below and obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is lower in level than the second feature.
Referring to
Specifically, the cover body includes an upper casing 10 and a lower casing 20 that are in sealing connection while are detachable from each other. A first sealing ring 15 made of silicone material is disposed between the upper casing 10 and the lower casing 20, and the first sealing ring 15 may improve the sealing performance between the upper casing 10 and the lower casing 20. The upper casing 10 and the lower casing 20 may be detachably connected in, for example, screw connection, and the upper casing 10 and the lower casing 20 can also be integrally connected. The upper casing 10 and the lower casing 20 are detachably connected and form a hollow cavity, and the linkage assembly 30 is limited inside the cavity. A partitioning plate 23 is provided in the cavity, which separates the cover body into a first cavity and a second cavity. The water outlet 12 communicates with the second cavity, and the through-hole 11 communicates with the first cavity.
Specifically, as shown in
In this embodiment, because the first linkage 32 is driven to move in an arc-shaped movement by the pressing handle 31, therefore, the second linkage 33 has a displacement along the vertical direction when it is driven by the first linkage 32. However, the second linkage 33 is restricted to move linearly in a horizontal direction by the first limiting hole 231, so that the rotatory motion of the first linkage 32 can be converted into the linear motion of the second linkage 33 through the clearance fitting between the limiting shaft 331 and the second limiting hole. The second linkage 33 is driven to move linearly along the first limiting hole 231 by the first linkage 32, when the first linkage 32 is driven by the pressing handle 31. In this embodiment, the second linkage 33 may have a rod-like structure.
The other end of the second linkage 33 is hinge to the one end of the third linkage 34. The third linkage 34 includes a first supporting rod 342 and a second supporting rod 343 that are integrally connected with a predetermined angle therebetween. The predetermined angle may be 60° to 150°. In this embodiment, the first supporting rod 342 and the second supporting rod 343 are connected perpendicularly. The third linkage 34 is vertically placed inside the cover body, and limiting plates 25 are arranged on two sides corresponding to the third linkage 34 on an inner wall of the cover body. The limiting plates 25 are vertically and fixedly connected to an inner wall of the lower casing 20. The first supporting rod 342 and the second supporting rod 343 are hinged to the limiting plates 25 at the connection point therebetween through a third pin 344 and are rotatable around the hinged point. One end of the first supporting rod 342 and one end of the second supporting rod 343 are integrally connected, and the other end of the first supporting rod 342 is hinged with the other end of the second linkage 33 through a fourth pin 341, and the first supporting rod 342 is rotatable around the hinged point. In this embodiment, a position of the fourth pin 341 is lower than a position of the third pin 344, and the third linkage 34 is driven to rotate around the third pin 344 by the second linkage 33 through the fourth pin 341, when the second linkage 33 is driven to move linearly along the horizontal direction by the first linkage 32. The first supporting rod 342 is in a vertical state, and the second supporting rod 343 is in a horizontal state when the water outlet 12 is blocked by the sealing plug 35. A sealing plug 35 is connected with the other end of the third linkage 34, and is located directly below the water outlet 12. The sealing plug 35 has a square shape, and an upper end thereof matches with the water outlet 12. In this embodiment, the sealing plug 35 is provided with a pressing hole 351 matching with an end of the second supporting rod 343, and the end of the second supporting rod 343 is disposed inside the pressing hole 351. The end of the second supporting rod 343 moves downward when the third linkage 34 is driven to rotate around the third pin 344 by the second linkage 33, thereby pressing the sealing plug 35 to move downward, and opening the water outlet 12. In a specific embodiment, an abutting part 251 is further provided on one side of the limiting plates 25, for further limiting the second linkage 33 to move in a horizontal direction on the upper surface of the lower casing.
Specifically, in order to avoid the misalignment of the sealing plug 35 from the water outlet 12 when moving up and down, two sides of the sealing plug 35 are provided with sliding grooves along the vertical direction, and the inner wall of the cover body is provided with sliding rails which can cooperate with the sliding grooves on both sides corresponding to the sealing plug 35. The sealing plug 35 is driven to move up and down along the sliding rails by the third linkage 34. In this embodiment, the sliding rails are reinforcing ribs integrally formed on the inner wall of the upper casing 10, and two sides of the sliding grooves cooperate with edges of the reinforcing ribs to move up and down along the edges of the reinforcing ribs, so that the sealing plug 35 can move in liner movement, and accurately align with the water outlet 12.
Specifically, a first reset spring 37 is arranged between a lower end of the sealing plug 35 and the inner wall of the cover body, for controlling the sealing plug 35 to move upward. In this embodiment, as shown in
In a specific embodiment, in order to further control the resetting of the linkage assembly 30 and the pressing handle 31, a second reset spring 36 is disposed between the end of the second linkage 33 away from the first linkage 32 and the partitioning plate 23. The second reset spring 36 is a compression spring. As shown in
In this embodiment, in order to further improve the sealing performance of the sealing plug 35, a silicone sheet 38 matching with the water outlet 12 is disposed on the upper end of the sealing plug 35. A fixing post 381 is provided on a bottom surface of the silicone sheet 38, and a fixing hole 352 matching with the fixing post 381 is provided on the upper end of the sealing plug 35. The fixing post 381 is inserted into the fixing hole 352, so that the silicone sheet 38 is detachable connected with the sealing plug 35. The water outlet 12 is sealed by the silicone sheet 38, which may improve the leak-proof performance.
Specifically, the water outlet 12 is in communication with the second cavity, and a water inlet 24 in communication with the second cavity is provided the lower casing 20. In order to further improve the sealing performance of the sealing plug 35, the first cavity and the second cavity are sealed relative to each other, and a second sealing ring 332 is disposed between the second linkage 33 and the first limiting hole 231. The second sealing ring 332 is a silicone ring. Since the first cavity and the second cavity are only communicated through the first limiting hole 231, the second sealing ring 332 may further improve the sealing performance of the second cavity.
Specifically, a locking pin 40 for blocking one side of the first linkage 32 is disposed in the first cavity, and the locking pin 40 is provided with a knob 411 extending out of the side wall of the cover body. In this embodiment, as shown in
Specifically, a cap 14 adapted to the water outlet 12 is hinged to the outer wall of the cover body through a fifth pin 141, and the cap 14 covers the water outlet 12 to ensure the sanitation of the water outlet 12. In a specific embodiment, a handle frame 13 is also hinged through the fifth pin 141, and the cap 14 and the handle frame 13 is rotatable around the fifth pin 141. The outer wall of the upper casing 10 is also provided with an open groove for accommodating the handle frame 13.
Specifically, a protection frame 21 is fixed on the side wall of the cover body corresponding to the periphery of the pressing handle 31, and the protection frame 21 may prevent the pressing handle 31 from being unintentionally pressed.
The cup lid with pressing linkage provided by the present disclosure has a compact structure. The pressing handle 31 is connected with the sealing plug 35 through the linkage assembly 30, so that the pressing handle 31 may be operated with one hand, and then control the sealing plug 35 to open or close the water outlet 12 through transmission via the linkage assembly 30. The linkage assembly 30 provided has a low gear ratio, for example, the sealing plug may be pressed 7 mm downward when the pressing handle is pressed 4 mm downward, which is operated easily and efficiently.
The present disclosure further provides a cup, which includes the above-mentioned cup lid with pressing linkage, and further includes a hollow cup body 50, and the cup body 50 is sealed while detachably connected with the cup lid. In this embodiment, the cup cover and the cup body 50 are in thread connection, and a third sealing ring 22, which is a silicone ring, is provided between the cup cover and the cup body 50. The outer wall of the cup lid is also provided with non-slip patterns. The cup provided has better sealing performance compared with the existing cups, and at the same time, avoids leakage or the contamination of the water outlet 12 after repeated use, which can improve the user experience.
The above are merely detailed embodiments of the present disclosure, but the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Other changes and substitutions obtained by those skilled in the art on the basis of the technical proposals and concepts described above, shall fall within the scope of protection of the claims of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims.
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