Patent Application
20240140658
The present application relates to a container, in particular to a sealed container.
A container is a basic device, usually a shell, used to hold materials or liquids. In the prior art, generally, thread or snap structure is adopted to the container for connection and sealing. When using thread connection, the thread is easy to be damaged after long-term use. Further, in the case of using threads, when opening the lid, it is necessary to twist a certain number of turns to open or close the container lid, and it is not inconvenient to use.
The applicant firstly applied for a quick-open container, wherein using an elastic seal which can deform radially to seal the container lid with the container. In this process, it is necessary to twist a twisting switch to deform the elastic seal. Here, because the size of the twisting switch is unchanged, twisting the twisting switch is more laborious, so that it is inconvenient to use. Therefore, it can only be used in a container with small caliber in order to ensure smooth opening during use. For a container with larger caliber, since the elastic seal becomes larger, the pressure to deform the elastic seal also needs to be greater and it takes more effort to open the container, which results in a poor user experience.
Based on this, it is necessary to provide a sealed container against the problems in the prior art.
A sealed container, including a container and a container lid, wherein the container lid includes a lid body; a movable base that can be moved up and down is disposed under the lid body; an elastic seal is disposed between the movable base and the lid body, and the elastic seal is connected with the lid body or the movable base; wherein when the movable base is moved upward, an outer edge of the elastic seal is deformed outward to be greater than a diameter of an sealing part of the container under an action of the movable base and/or the lid body, thereby preventing the movable base from continuing to be moved upward, so that the movable base presses the elastic seal on a neck portion of the container to form a sealing portion, and realizing sealing of the container lid and the container; an opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing the container lid is disposed on an upper side of the container lid, and the opening and closing mechanism includes a twisting switch and a sliding cover, wherein when twisting the twisting switch on the lid body, the movable base is moved up and down; and the twisting switch is connected slidably with the sliding cover, and the sliding cover can slide relative to the twisting switch, so as to increase a length of a force arm of the twisting switch.
In one of the embodiments, a pulling portion passes through the lid body to the upper side of the container lid is disposed on the upper side of the movable base, the twisting switch is movably connected with the pulling portion, the pulling portion is provided with twisting grooves on both sides, the twisting switch is movably connected with the pulling portion at the twisting groove, and the twisting switch and the pulling portion can be stably and movably connected under an action of an elastic force of the twisting grooves of the pulling portion and the elastic seal.
In one of the embodiments, a limit portion is disposed on the upper side of the lid body, wherein when the sliding cover slides on the twisting switch, the sliding cover is abutted to or separated from the limit portion; when the sliding cover is abutted to the limit portion, the sliding cover cannot be twisted, so that the twisting switch also cannot be twisted; and when the sliding cover is separated from the limit portion, the sliding cover and the twisting switch can be twisted together.
In one of the embodiments, a notch is disposed at a lower end of the twisting switch, the twisting switch can be attached to and detached from the pulling portion at the notch, wherein when the sliding cover slides on the twisting switch, the sliding cover covers the notch or exposes the notch, so that the sliding cover forms a disassembly safety portion at the notch and limits movement between the twisting switch and the pulling portion; when the sliding cover slides to expose the notch, the twisting switch and the sliding cover can be attached to/detached from the pulling portion together; and when the sliding cover slides until the notch is covered, neither the twisting switch nor the sliding cover can be attached to and detached from the pulling portion.
In one of the embodiments, a positioning buckle is disposed between the sliding cover and the twisting switch for snapping and positioning the sliding cover and the twisting switch.
In one of the embodiments, the positioning buckle includes positioning grooves on both sides of the twisting switch, and positioning protrusions are disposed on both sides of the sliding cover, wherein during the sliding of the sliding cover, the positioning protrusions of the sliding cover are snapped in the positioning grooves.
In one of the embodiments, a vent hole is disposed in the movable base, and the vent hole extends to the upper side of the lid body through the pulling portion; an elastic sealing plug is disposed on the upper side of the vent hole, and a sealing hole communicated with the vent hole is disposed in the middle of the elastic sealing plug, and the sealing hole is opened or closed under the sliding action of the sliding cover.
In one of the embodiments, the elastic seal has an N-layer structure, and when the container is sealed and connected with the container lid, the sealing portion formed by the elastic seal has an N-layer structure.
In one of the embodiments, the elastic seal is fixedly connected or removably connected with the movable base or the lid body.
In one of the embodiments, the elastic seal has a ring structure, and an upper end of the elastic seal is connected with the lid body, and a lower end is located on the upper side of the movable base, wherein when the movable base is moved upward, the movable base squeezes the elastic seal outward at a position of the maximum diameter of the deformed part, the maximum diameter of the deformed part of the elastic seal is squeezed beyond the movable base at the position of the maximum diameter, and the maximum diameter of the deformed part of the squeezed elastic seal is greater than the diameter of the sealing part of the container, thereby preventing the movable base from continuing to move upward, so that the movable base presses the elastic seal on the neck portion of the container to form a sealing portion, and realizing the sealing of the container lid and the container; and when the lower end of the elastic seal is separated from the movable base, under the elasticity of the elastic seal itself, the elastic seal recovers from deformation and releases the sealing state.
In one of the embodiments, the elastic seal has a ring-like structure with a hole in the middle part, a protrusion portion is disposed between the hole and the edge of the elastic seal, and the elastic seal is connected to the movable base or the lid body through the middle opening, wherein when the movable base is moved upward, the movable base moves towards the lid body, and under the squeezing action of the movable base and the lid body, the elastic seal expands outward, the edge of the elastic seal extends beyond the movable base to be greater than the diameter of the sealing part of the container to prevent the movable base from continuing to move upward, so that the movable base presses the elastic seal on the neck portion of the container to form a sealing portion, and to realize the sealing of the container lid and container.
In one of the embodiments, a pressing plate is disposed on the lower side of the lid body, wherein when the movable base is moved upward, the lower side of the pressing plate is abutted to the upper side of the elastic seal, and the lower side of the elastic seal is abutted to the upper side of the movable base, so that the elastic seal is deformed, the edge of the elastic seal extends outward beyond the movable base; and when the lower end of the elastic seal is separated from the movable base, under the elasticity of the elastic seal itself, the elastic seal recovers from deformation, and the sealing is released.
According to the above sealed container, after sliding the sliding cover out of the twisting switch, the sliding cover can be twisted, so that the twisting switch is twisted synchronously, and then the movable base is moved up and down. As such, during opening and closing the lid, the arm length of the twisting switch when being twisted can be increased by means of the sliding cover, forming a labor-saving lever. As a result, it is more convenient and easier to open and close the container, and in the case of containers with greater pressure and larger caliber, it is more convenient to open and close the container by means of the labor-saving lever.
In order to make the above purpose, features and advantages of the present disclosure more obvious and easier to understand, the specific embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail in the following in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the following description, many specific details are elaborated in order to fully understand the present disclosure. However, the present disclosure may be implemented in many other ways different from those described herein, and those skilled in the art may make similar improvements without violating the content of the present disclosure, so the present disclosure is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.
It should be noted that when a component is said to be “fixed” to another component, it can be directly on top of another component or other components can exist in between. When a component is considered to be “connected” to another component, it can be directly connected to another component or other components can exist in between at the same time. Conversely, when a component is described as “directly on” another component, there is no intermediate component. The terms “vertical”, “horizontal”, “left”, “right” and similar expressions used herein are for illustrative purposes only.
Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as those normally understood by those skilled in the technical art of the present disclosure. The terms used in the specification of the present disclosure herein are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. As used herein, the terms “and/or” include any and all combinations of one or more related items listed.
As shown in
After sliding the sliding cover 7 out of the twisting switch 6, the sliding cover 7 can be twisted, so that the twisting switch 6 is twisted synchronously, and thereby the movable base 3 is moved up and down under the action of the lever force. As such, during opening and closing the lid, the arm length of the twisting switch 6 when being twisted can be increased by means of the sliding cover 7, forming a labor-saving lever. As a result, it is more convenient and easier to open and close the container 1, and in the case of containers with greater pressure and larger caliber, it is more convenient to open and close the container by means of the labor-saving lever.
In this case, for the connection between the twisting switch 6 and the movable base 3, in this embodiment, a pulling portion 31 passes through the container lid 2 to the upper side of the container lid 2 is disposed on the upper side of the movable base. The twisting switch 6 is movably connected with the pulling portion 31, and the pulling portion is provided with twisting grooves on both sides. The twisting switch is movably connected with the pulling portion at the twisting groove, and the twisting switch and the pulling portion can be stably connected under an action of an elastic force of the twisting grooves of the pulling portion and the elastic seal. As shown in
In order to avoid accidentally opening the twisting switch 6 in use, as shown in
At the same time, in order to avoid accidentally moving the twisting switch 6 out of the pulling portion 31 position, in the present embodiment, a disassembly safety structure is provided, as shown in
In the relative movement of the sliding portion and the twisting switch 6, in order to make the sliding cover 7 slide into and out of the twisting switch 6, the relative position between the cannot sliding cover 7 and switch cap, the sliding cover 7 and the twisting switch 6 are provided with a positioning buckle for the sliding cover 7 and the twisting switch 6 snap positioning. In one of the embodiments, the positioning buckle includes positioning grooves on both sides of the twisting switch, and positioning protrusions are disposed on both sides of the sliding cover, wherein during the sliding of the sliding cover, the positioning protrusions of the sliding cover are snapped in the positioning grooves. Here, in order to make the sliding cover 7 in the moving has a relatively certain position, two sets of positioning grooves are provided, and there is a certain interval between the two sets of positioning grooves, so that in moving the sliding cover, the positioning protrusions on the side of the sliding cover can be snapped into different positioning cannot groove thereby the sliding cover 7 is determined in sliding on the twisting switch 6, at this time, for the user, sliding to different positioning groove represents different states. Of course, the positioning groove (or the positioning buckle) can also be set to one or more according to actual needs. In order to avoid the slide cover 7 sliding out and being separated from the twisting switch 6, a limit protrusion 72 is disposed on the inside of the sliding cover 7. When sliding the sliding cover 7 out to the maximum position, the limit protrusion 72 is abutted to the twisting switch 6, and the twisting switch 6 limits the sliding cover 7 to avoid the sliding cover 7 from continuing to slide and detach from the twisting switch 6.
During the movement of the sliding cover 7 on the outer side of the twisting switch 6, there are at least three different states between the sliding cover and the twisting switch due to the different relative positions of the sliding cover and the twisting switch. The first state is that the sliding cover 7 is abutted to the limit portion 22 on the container lid 2, now the container lid 2 and the container are in a sealed state. At this time, due to the limit effect of the limit portion 22, the sliding cover 7 and the twisting switch 6 are unable to be twisted. In sliding the sliding cover 7 to slide out partly, at this time the sliding cover 7 are separated from the limit portion 22, the sliding cover 7 can be twisted (the twisting switch 6 will be twisted together), that is, the second state. When the sliding cover 7 is twisted, the twisting switch 6 can be twisted, so that the container lid 2 and the container are opened. At this time, because the sliding cover 7 only slides partly out, and part of the position covers the groove position of the twisting switch 6, so that due to the limit effect of the sliding cover 7, the twisting switch 6 and the sliding cover 7 can not be separated from the pull part 31. Continue to slide the sliding cover 7 outward, with the sliding of the sliding cover 7, the notch 62 on the twisting switch 6 will all be exposed, that is, the third state. At this time, the twisting switch 6 can be separated from the pull part 31, and the twisting switch 6 and the sliding cover 7 are removed at the same time. A farthest stroke switch (for example, the limit bulge mentioned above, to avoid the sliding cover 7 and the twisting switch 6 detached). In the above 3 states, it can be realized by 3 positioning buckles to position, or you can only set, according to the actual needs can be set.
Furthermore, in order to maintain the pressure balance inside and outside the container when in use, in the present embodiment, as shown in
When using the above sealed container, the elastic seal 4 is located between the movable base 3 and the lid body 21. When the movable base 3 moves upward, the elastic seal 4 is deformed outward under the action of the movable base 3 and/or the lid body 21, so that the elastic seal 4 forms a sealing portion 41 between the movable base 3 and the container 1, for sealing the container lid 2 and the container 1. The overall structure of the elastic seal 4 is simple, and the installation and disassembly thereof are quick and convenient, which can effectively reduce production costs and improve production efficiency.
Here, when sealed by the elastic seal 4, it will only extend outward beyond the movable base 3 without bending. In particular, the elastic seal 4 has an N-layer structure, and when the container 1 is sealed and connected with the container lid 2, the sealing portion 41 formed by the elastic seal 4 has an N-layer structure. Here, N is a natural number that is not 0. In case of the elastic seal 4 having a one-layer (single-layer) structure, the elastic seal 4 has the single-layer structure in the unsealed state, while the elastic seal 4 will not bend in the sealed state and will keep the single-layer structure. In case of the elastic seal 4 having two-layers (double-layer) structure, each layer of sub-elastic seals is fixed to each other (or not fixed, and in this case, a fixed connection position is provided between the sub-elastic seals 4, so as to avoid relative movement in use, affecting the sealing effect). As such, the sealing can still be formed in use, and when the elastic seal 4 has a multi-layer structure, it has the same structure, that is, the sub-elastic seals are relatively fixed with each other and position offset will not occur. In the present embodiment, the elastic seal 4 has a single-layer structure, which has a simple overall structure and a better sealing performance when used.
As for the installation of the elastic seal 4, it is fixedly connected or removably connected with the movable base 3 or the lid body 21. In the present embodiment, the elastic seals 4 are installed in a manner of removable connection. The installation in the removable manner can facilitate the installation and removal, and furthermore, when makes it is easy to clean.
The elastic seal may be mounted on the movable base 3, or may be mounted on the lower side of the lid body 21, as long as it is between the movable base 3 and the lid body 21. When sealing, the movable base 3 is moved up, so that the movable base 3 and the container 1 are sealed by a deformed elastic seal 4.
As shown in
Here, a connection portion 9 for connecting the elastic seal 4 is disposed at the lower side of the lid body 21, and the connection portion 9 is fixed on the lower side of the lid body 21, the connection portion 9 is provided with an annular groove adapted to the upper side of the elastic seal 4. The elastic seal 4 is snapped in the annular groove, so that the elastic seal 4 can be disposed between the lid body 21 and the movable base 3. Here, the connection between the elastic seal and the lid body 21 is an indirect connection. Of course, it may also be provided with an integrated connection portion 9 on the lower side of the lid body 21 for connecting the elastic seal to directly connect the elastic seal. Here, in order to enable the elastic seal 4 to deform quickly when being squeezed, the elastic seal 4 is provided with a bend, so that the diameter of the upper part, which is fixed to the connection portion, is smaller than the diameter of the lower deformation part. As such, when the movable base 3 is in contact with the lower part of the elastic seal 4, the lower part of the elastic seal 4 is easier to deform outward. Further, the height of the inner and outer groove walls of the annular groove is also different. Here the inner side of the annular groove is higher than the outer side, which makes the elastic seal 4 more susceptible to deformation when in contact with the movable base 3, thereby forming the sealing portion 41, improving the smoothness of the sealing process.
Of course, the elastic seal 4 may also be connected with the movable base 3, and a squeezing portion for squeezing and deforming is disposed at the lower side of the lid body 21, which can also achieve the sealing effect.
As shown in
Here, the elastic seal 4 may be connected with the movable base 3 or the lid body 21. In the present embodiment, the elastic seal 4 is connected to the movable base 3. An annular groove 33 is disposed in the middle part of the movable base 3, and the elastic seal is snapped in the annular groove 33, removably connecting the elastic seal with the movable base 3. Of course, the annular groove 33 may be also disposed at the middle part of the lower side of the lid body 21 for connecting the elastic seal, so that in the upward moving of the movable base 3, the elastic seal can also be squeezed and deformed to form the sealing portion 41.
In the above embodiment for the elastic seal, in order to make the elastic seal 4 expand more smoothly, a pressing plate 5 is disposed on the lower side of the lid body 21. When the movable base 3 is moved upward, the lower side of the pressing plate 5 is abutted to the upper side of the elastic seal 4, and the lower side of the elastic seal 4 is abutted to the upper side of the movable base 3, so that the elastic seal 4 is squeezed to be deformed, and the edge of the elastic seal 4 extends outward beyond the movable base 3. In this way, it can be ensured that the elastic seal 4 can be fully expanded. Of course, here, the pressing plate 5 and the lid body 21 may be a split or an integrated structure. In the present embodiment, the pressing plate 5 and the lid body 21 are a split structure, so as to facilitate production, removal, and installation.
In the above two embodiments for the elastic seals, during using, the sliding cover 7 is slided out, and then the sliding cover 7 is twisted to twist the twisting switch and the sliding cover together. During opening the container lid, the deformed elastic seal needs to return to its original shape, and will produce a force acting on the movable base. Therefore, under the action of the elastic seal, the movable base will move down, and the elastic seal restore from, the sealed state is released, and the container lid can be opened.
In the above embodiments of two elastic seals, in order to make the deformation of the elastic seal 4 smoother, at least one of the contact surfaces of the movable base 3 and the elastic seal 4 is an are surface. The contact surface is set as an are surface, which can reduce the friction during deformation, thereby making the deformation of the elastic seal 4 smoother. Here, the upper outer edge of the movable base 3 and the lower inner edge of the elastic seal 4 are both are surfaces, so that the deformation of the elastic seal 4 is smoother.
The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of conciseness, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, they should be considered to be within the scope of the present description.
The above embodiments only express several embodiments of the present disclosure, and their description is more specific and detailed, but it cannot be understood as a limitation on the scope of the disclosure. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the principles of the present disclosure, certain modifications and improvements may also be made, and these also fall within the scope of protection of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of this disclosure shall be subject to the attached claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202110224349.3 | Mar 2021 | CN | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/CN2021/082141 | 3/22/2021 | WO |
