Patent Application
20150034739
This application claims priority to the following patent applications: (1) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/912,426, entitled “CAP OF SPRAY MINERAL WATER BOTTLE AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPRAY MINERAL WATER BOTTLE” filed on Oct. 26, 2010; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/696,047, filed Jan. 28, 2010, (3) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/757,202, filed Apr. 9, 2010, (4) Chinese Patent Application CN 201010510654.0, filed Oct. 19, 2010; each of the above-identified applications is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety as if fully set forth herein.
1. Technical Field
The invention relates to a cap of a mineral water bottle, especially refers to a cap of spray mineral water bottle, and multifunctional spray mineral water bottle comprised by the cap.
2. Description of Related Art
The common mineral water bottle includes the cap body which is screwed with the mineral water bottleneck, and the cap body is matched with mineral water bottleneck by means of liquid-tight fit. When you want to drink the mineral water in the bottle, you remove the cap and directly drink the water. This type of cap is used for sealing the mineral water inside the bottle body, and anti-fake function as well. This type of cap has simple functions so that the mineral water bottle matched with the cap has simple functions as well, which cannot satisfy the demands of daily life of people.
Presently the mineral water, which is taken outside the home, is mainly used for drinking. When it is extremely hot or when you watch football in a stadium in the summer heat, you may want to spray the mineral water directly to your face or head to reduce temperature. However, if pouring mineral water, you may waste too much water and it cannot satisfy your demands due to insufficient water. In addition, temperature reduction effect is limited by this type of method and surrounding air cannot be improved if it is dusty. Therefore the conventional cap needs to be modified and perfected.
A main object of the present invention is to improve the existing cap, to provide a cap of spray mineral water bottle with simple structure and spray function. This cap of spray mineral water is used with resilient bottle body, so that you can drink water directly or use the water to adjust the surrounding air.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a multifunctional spray mineral water bottle comprising this cap.
To achieving the objective above, this invention adopts the following technical solution:
A cap of a spray mineral water bottle, comprising:
A cap body connected with a bottleneck of the spray mineral water bottle by means of liquid-tight fit, and the cap body defining an outlet aperture on an end face of the cap body;
A spray means comprising an atomizing spool and a nozzle, wherein two water channels are defined on an outer wall of the atomizing spool, and atomizing channels are defined on an end face of the atomizing spool and corresponds to the water channels; and wherein a cavity is defined in the nozzle to hold the atomizing spool, and a spray aperture is defined on an end face of the nozzle; and wherein the atomizing spool is secured in the cavity of the nozzle by assembly stress, and the atomizing channels communicate with the spray aperture of the nozzle; and
A water locking means comprising a fixing part and a movable part capable of rotating relative to the fixing part, and wherein the fixing part of the water locking means is fixed on an end face of the cap body, and comprises a spherical working face, wherein an outlet is defined in the spherical working face; and wherein the movable part of the water locking means includes a sphere which is matched with the spherical working face of the fixing part by means of liquid-tight fit, and rotates relative to the fixing part; and wherein an inlet is defined in the sphere and corresponds to a rotating track of the outlet of the spherical working face, and wherein the sphere rotates relative to the fixing part, when the inlet of the sphere communicates with the outlet of the spherical working face, the spray means opens to spray water, and when the inlet of the sphere is staggered with the outlet of the spherical working face, the spray means closes, and wherein the movable part defines a receiving space, and the spray means are secured in the receiving space by assembly stress.
The movable part further comprises a first tube extending from the sphere, the receiving space is defined in the first tube and communicates with the inlet.
The cap body comprises a second tube projecting from an interior surface of the end face of the cap body, and the fixing part comprises a third tube projecting from the spherical working face and sleeved in the second tube, and the third tube communicates with the outlet aperture of the cap body and the outlet of the fixing part.
The second tube defines an annular groove on an inner wall of the second tube, and the third tube comprises an annular protuberance projecting from an exterior surface of the third tube and engaging with the annular groove on the inner wall of the second tube of the cap body.
A supporting bracket projects from an interior surface of the receiving space of the first tube, and extends into the cavity of the nozzle to support the atomizing spool.
The fixing part of the water locking means comprises a position means located on the end face of the cap body, the position means is configured for opening and closing the movable part, and allows the movable part to rotate within a specified radian of 90° degrees.
A multifunctional spray mineral water bottle comprising a resilient bottle body and a cap, the cap comprising:
A cap body connected with a bottleneck of the bottle body by means of liquid-tight fit, and the cap body defining an outlet aperture on an end face of the cap body;
A spray means comprising an atomizing spool and a nozzle, wherein two water channels are defined on an outer wall of the atomizing spool, and atomizing channels are defined on an end face of the atomizing spool and corresponds to the water channels; and wherein a cavity is defined in the nozzle to hold the atomizing spool, and a spray aperture is defined on an end face of the nozzle; and wherein the atomizing spool is secured in the cavity of the nozzle by assembly stress, and the atomizing channels communicate with the spray aperture of the nozzle; and
A water locking means comprising a fixing part and a movable part capable of rotating relative to the fixing part, and wherein the fixing part of the water locking means is fixed on an end face of the cap body, and comprises a spherical working face, wherein an outlet is defined in the spherical working face; and wherein the movable part of the water locking means includes a sphere which is matched with the spherical working face of the fixing part by means of liquid-tight fit, and rotates relative to the fixing part; and wherein an inlet is defined in the sphere and corresponds to a rotating track of the outlet of the spherical working face, and wherein the sphere rotates relative to the fixing part, when the inlet of the sphere communicates with the outlet of the spherical working face, the spray means opens to spray water, and when the inlet of the sphere is staggered with the outlet of the spherical working face, the spray means closes, and wherein the movable part defines a receiving space, and the spray means are secured on the receiving space by assembly stress.
The movable part further comprises a first tube extending from the sphere, the receiving space is defined in the first tube and communicates with the inlet.
The cap body comprises a second tube projecting from an interior surface of the end face of the cap body, and the fixing part comprises a third tube projecting from the spherical working face and sleeved in the second tube, and the third tube communicates with the outlet aperture of the cap body and the outlet of the fixing part.
The second tube defines an annular groove on an inner wall of the second tube, and the third tube comprises an annular protuberance projecting from an exterior surface of the third tube and engaging with the annular groove on the inner wall of the second tube of the cap body.
A supporting bracket projects from an interior surface of the receiving space of the first tube, and extends into the cavity of the nozzle to support the atomizing spool.
The fixing part of the water locking means comprises a position means located on the end face of the cap body, the position means is configured for opening and closing the movable part, and allows the movable part to rotate within a specified radian of 90° degrees.
This cap of spray mineral water is used with resilient mineral water bottle body to form a multifunctional spray mineral water bottle, which can ensure normal drinking of mineral water as well as carry out spray drinking of water by means of squeezing the bottle body to transform bottle body and increase the pressure inside, thus making water to enter inlet from the outlet of water locking means on the cap, and to enter the atomizing channel through the water channel, finally to be sprayed from the spray aperture. Furthermore, in the open air or in the dusty and hot environment, you can place the mineral water bottle upside down, put the nozzle to face your body or surrounding, and squeeze the bottle body to spray, thus reducing surrounding temperature, as well as subsiding dust by combining dust and spray to make you feel cool, fresh and comfortable. This invention features in simple structure and strong practicability, so it has promising market prospect.
The present invention will now be described by referring to the accompanying drawings that illustrate the preferred embodiments of the invention, from which its objects and features will be evident.
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The water locking means, including a fixing part 40 and movable part rotating relative to fixing part 40, is a tube located axially in the center of cap body 1, and this tube bottom is closed and a cylindric protuberance 42 is disposed inside the bottom, and outlet 44 is disposed on the sidewall of the tube adjacent to the closing bottom. The movable part of water locking means is right angle shape, including two connected tubes, tube 32 in vertical direction and tube 31 in horizontal direction, and tube 32 and tube 31 are molded into one unit. The outer wall of tube 32 is connected to the tube inner wall of fixing part 40 of water locking means by means of liquid-tight fit, and the port of tube 32 is matched with cylindric protuberance 42. Inlet 30 is disposed at the bottom of tube 32 corresponding to outlet 44, and the movable part rotates relative to fixing part 40 pursuant to tube 32 as axis to fulfill butt joint or interleaving of outlet 44 and inlet 30, and thus to fulfill opening or closing of spray means 2. Cavity 38 is disposed inside tube 31, and support bracket 43 supporting atomizing spool 21 is disposed inside cavity 38, and spray means is disposed inside cavity 38 and connected to cavity 38 by means of interference and liquid-tight fit; support bracket 43 is used to support atomizing spool 21. In order to strengthen the liquid-tight effect between the vertical tube 32 of movable part and tube of fixing part 40, an annular groove 41 is disposed on the inner wall of tube of fixing part 40 of water locking means, and an annular protuberance 39 is disposed on the movable part of the said water locking means, which is matched with groove 41 on the inner wall of tube of fixing part 40. On-off position means of water locking means is disposed on the end face of cap body 1, and the position means includes position blocks 33 and 36 respectively fixed on 0° and 90° positions of end face of cap body 1, respectively positioning opening and closing of water locking means, and cambered surfaces 34 and 37 are disposed on the position blocks in the rotating direction of the tube in the vertical direction to match with the tube. A limiting protuberance 35 is disposed on the cambered surface bottom of the closed position block of the position water locking means corresponding to the other side of the tube in horizontal direction to prevent tube 31 from automatically opening without external force. In addition, due to consideration of hygiene, an auxiliary cap can be added above the cap body, which is flexibly connected with the cap body by means of flexible connecting piece; or a small cap body can be added at one end of spray aperture of the nozzle to strengthen water locking effect and hygiene.
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The water locking means comprising a fixing part and a movable part capable of rotating relative to the fixing part. The movable part includes a sphere 49 and a first tube 31 extending from the sphere 49. The cap body 1 includes a second tube 11 projecting from an interior surface of the end face of the cap body 1. The fixing part of the water locking means is fixed on the end face of the cap body 1, and includes a spherical working face 52 and a third tube 61 projecting from the spherical working face 52 and sleeved in the second tube 11. The second tube 11 defines an annular groove 41 on an inner wall of the second tube 11, and the third tube 61 includes an annular protuberance 39 projecting from an exterior surface of the third tube 61 and engaging with the annular groove 41 on the inner wall of the second tube 11 of the cap body 1.
The spherical working face 52 is disposed on an end face of the third tube 61 of the fixing part, and an outlet 51 is defined in the spherical working face 52. The sphere 49 is matched with spherical working face 52 of the fixing part by means of liquid-tight fit, and is rotatably connected with the fixing part by means of a rotating axis 52. An inlet 50 is defined in the sphere 49 and corresponds to a rotating track of the outlet 51 of the spherical working face 52. The third tube 61 communicates with the outlet aperture 12 of the cap body 1 and the outlet 51 of the fixing part. In use, the sphere 49 rotates relative to the fixing part, when the inlet 50 of the sphere 49 communicates with the outlet 51 of the spherical working face 52, the spray means opens to spray water, and when the inlet 50 of the sphere 49 is staggered with the outlet 51 of the spherical working face 52, the spray means closes.
The first tube 31 is fixed on the sphere 49, and defines a receiving space 46 communicating with the inlet 50 to secure the spray means in the receiving space 46 by assembly stress. A supporting bracket 47 projects from an interior surface of the receiving space 46 of the first tube 31, and extends into the cavity 28 of the nozzle 22 to support the atomizing spool 21. The fixing part of the water locking means includes a position means 48 located on the end face of the cap body 1, the position means 48 is configured for opening and closing the movable part, and allows the movable part to rotate within a specified radian of 90° degrees.
A multifunctional spray mineral water bottle is shown in
The water locking means includes fixing part 40 and movable part rotating relative to fixing part 40, where fixing part 40 is a tube located axially in the center of cap body 1, and this tube bottom is closed and cylindric protuberance 42 is disposed inside the bottom, and outlet 44 is disposed on the sidewall adjacent to the closing end of the tube. The movable part of water locking means is right angle shape, including the connected tubes, tube 32 in vertical direction and tube 31 in horizontal direction, and tube 32 and tube 31 are molded into one unit. The outer wall of tube 32 is matched with the inner wall of the tube of fixing part 40 of water locking means by means of liquid-tight fit, and the port of tube 32 is matched with cylindric protuberance 42. Inlet 30 is disposed at the bottom of tube 32 corresponding to outlet 44, the movable part rotates relative to fixing part 40 pursuant to tube 32 as axis, to fulfill butt joint or interleaving between outlet 44 and inlet 30, thus achieving opening or closing of spray means 2. Cavity 38 is disposed inside tube 31, support bracket 43 supporting atomizing spool 21 is disposed inside cavity 38, spray means is disposed in cavity 38 and is matched with cavity 38 by means of interference and liquid-tight fit, and support bracket 43 is used to support atomizing spool 21. To strengthen liquid-tight effect between tube 32 of movable part and fixing part 40 tube, annular groove 41 is disposed on the inner wall of fixing part 40 tube of water locking means, annular protuberance 39 is disposed on the said movable part of water locking means, which is matched with groove 41 on the inner wall of fixing part 40 tube.
On-off position means of water locking means is disposed on the end face of cap body 1, this position means includes position blocks 33 and 36 respectively fixed on the position of 00 and 900 on the end face of cap body 1, respectively positioning opening and closing of water locking means, and cambered surfaces 34 and 37 are disposed in the rotating direction of the tube in vertical direction on the position blocks to match with the tube. Limiting protuberance 35 is disposed on the cambered surface bottom of the closed position block of the position water locking means, to prevent tube 31 from automatically opening without external force.
A multifunctional spray mineral water bottle is shown in
A multifunctional spray mineral water bottle is shown in
This cap of spray mineral water is used with resilient mineral water bottle body to form a multifunctional spray mineral water bottle, which can ensure normal drinking of mineral water as well as carry out spray drinking of water by means of squeezing the bottle body to transform bottle body and increase the pressure inside, thus making water to enter inlet from the outlet of water locking means on the cap, and to enter the atomizing channel through the water channel, finally to be sprayed from the spray aperture. Furthermore, in the open air or in the dusty and hot environment, you can place the mineral water bottle upside down, put the nozzle to face your body or surrounding, and squeeze the bottle body to spray, thus reducing surrounding temperature, as well as subsiding dust by combining dust and spray to make you feel cool, fresh and comfortable. This invention features in simple structure and strong practicability, so it has promising market prospect.
The foregoing descriptions of the embodiments and their accompanying drawings of the invention are intended to illustrate and not to limit this invention. Various changes and modifications may be made to the embodiments without departing from the spirit of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention is to be limited only by the appended claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| CN 201010510654.0 | Oct 2010 | CN | national |
| Number | Date | Country | |
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| Parent | 12912426 | Oct 2010 | US |
| Child | 14518027 | US |
| Number | Date | Country | |
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| Parent | 12696047 | Jan 2010 | US |
| Child | 12912426 | US | |
| Parent | 12757202 | Apr 2010 | US |
| Child | 12696047 | US |
