The present invention relates to a drink can and particularly to a drink can that has a resilient portion on the belly of the can that is squeezable to make a conical portion to dislocate a sealing plate at a distal end of a separated holding portion to quickly mix brewing liquid and brewing stuff.
A conventional drink can generally contains liquid which can be drunk directly. To prevent staling of the liquid during the preservation period, a preservative usually is added in the liquid to prolong the preservation period. However, increasing health-care awareness in recent years demands less use of the preservative. To extend the preservation period of the drink, an improved drink can 1 as shown in
1. Since the brewing stuff 122 is held in the cap 10, the height of the cap 10 has to be increased that makes the total product higher and package more difficult. When displaying the product is desired on the shelves, it is difficult or impossible to place the product vertically. As a result, it is less likely to attract customer's attention.
2. The bottle mouth 21 has external threads 211 to screw with internal threads 1121 formed on the outer ring 112, and a great number of screwing has to be done to turn the outer cup 11 to a desired location on the external threads 211 to open the storage compartment 121 and drop the brewing stuff 122 into the container 20. Turning the cap 10 is time-consuming and troublesome.
Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a drink can to solve the problems of the conventional drink can that have a greater height and require longer screwing time of the cap. The drink can according to the invention has a resilient portion on the belly of the can that is squeezable to make a conical portion to dislocate a sealing plate at a distal end of a separated holding portion to quickly mix brewing stuff and brewing liquid.
The drink can of the invention includes a can body with a resilient portion formed thereon, a cap mounted on a bottle mouth of the can body and a separated holding portion coupled with the cap. The resilient portion is coupled with a set of pressure guards. The can is covered by a packaging film. The separated holding portion coupled with the cap holds concentrate of a brewing stuff with a taste different from a drink contained in the can body. The resilient portion formed on the belly can be squeezed to make a conical portion at the bottom of the can body to dislocate a sealing plate at the distal end of the separated holding portion, so that the concentrate of the brewing stuff held in the separated holding portion can quickly drop into the can body to be diluted by the brewing liquid, and then the brewing stuff can be mixed with the brewing liquid.
The structure of the invention set forth above provides many benefits, notably:
1. As the interior housing space of the separated holding portion can hold the concentrate of the brewing stuff, the height of the can body will not be increased, product profile is unchanged, package is easier, and the drink cans can be vertically displayed on the shelves to attract customer's attention.
2. The resilient portion on the belly of the can is squeezable to make the conical portion to dislocate the sealing plate at the distal end of the separated holding portion, hence the brewing stuff can be quickly mixed with the brewing liquid.
The foregoing, as well as additional objects, features and advantages of the invention will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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The can body 40 has an elastic and section-folding resilient portion 41 on the belly and a conical portion 45 formed on the inner side of the bottom. The conical portion 45 has a plurality of reinforced ribs 451 on the outer circumference. The can body 40 has a bottle mouth 400 with an external thread portion 401 formed thereon. The can body 40 contains a brewing liquid 46.
The drink can 30 also includes a cap 50 with an internal thread portion 51 formed on the inner circumference to be screwed with the external thread portion 401 of the bottle mouth 400, and a screw bar 52 in the center with external threads formed thereon.
The separated holding portion 60 is a conical rod gradually shrunk from top to bottom and has internal threads 61 at one end screwed with the screw bar 52 of the cap 50 and a pliable member 62 located beneath the internal threads 61 formed in a conical shape and contacted tightly with the separated holding portion 60 to prevent the concentrate of the brewing stuff 70 held in the housing space 63 of the separated holding portion 60 from seeping outside. The separated holding portion 60 has a sealing plate 64 at a lower end surface which has a concave arched member 642 to guide the conical portion 45. The concave arched member 642 has a thin connecting ring 643 on the outer circumference that is easily broken off by pushing of the conical portion 45 and a connector 641 connected to the sealing plate 64.
The invention further includes a set of pressure guards 80 coupled on the resilient portion 41 (referring to
The invention also includes a packaging film 90 to cover the drink can 30, pressure guards 80 and cap 50. It has a tearing line 91 to allow users tearing off and then taking out the pressure guards 80. Then the resilient portion 41 can be squeezed to allow the conical portion 45 pushing and opening the sealing plate 64 of the separated holding portion 60, so that the concentrate of the brewing stuff 70 can quickly drop into the can body 40 to be diluted by a brewing liquid 46 contained in the can body 40 to quickly mix the brewing liquid 46 and brewing stuff 70.
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