The present invention relates to a vacuum container, and more particularly relates to a vacuum container which is simple in structure and easy to operate.
A conventional vacuum container for preserving foods is usually equipped with a vacuum pump to exhaust inside air to the outside of the vacuum container, thereby creating a vacuum state inside the vacuum container for food preservation. However, the disposing of the vacuum pump not only increases the assembly cost of the vacuum container but also complicates the whole structure by requiring the disposing of corresponding airtight flow paths to cause that the conventional vacuum container is not conducive to detachment and cleaning.
Therefore, one objective of the present invention is to provide a vacuum container which is conducive to detachment and cleaning and easy to operate to achieve/release the vacuum state.
In order to achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a vacuum container, comprising: a storage container having a container opening and an accommodating space communicating with each other, wherein the container opening is formed on a top portion of the storage container such that an object to be preserved passes through the container opening to get into the accommodating space; a connecting tray component having a tray opening, a tray inside space and a guiding hole, wherein the tray opening is formed on a top portion of the connecting tray component and communicates with the tray inside space, the guiding hole is formed passing through the connecting tray component, and the connecting tray component air-tightly encloses the container opening to seal the accommodating space; a top cap having a pressing part, wherein the top cap is flexible such that the top cap is pressed to collapse and deform, the top cap encloses the tray opening to seal the tray inside space in a manner that the pressing part is in a position corresponding to the tray opening of the connecting tray component, and the top cap has an exhausting hole passing through the top cap; and two one-way exhausters, wherein one of the one-way exhausters is inserted in the guiding hole to mount in the connecting tray component thereby forming a tray one-way exhaust passage communicating the accommodating space of the storage container and the tray inside space of the connecting tray component, and another one-way exhauster is inserted in the exhausting hole to mount in the top cap thereby forming a cap one-way exhaust passage communicating the tray inside space and an outside space; wherein when the pressing part of the top cap is pressed to collapse and deform toward the tray inside space, the tray inside space is compressed by the pressing part and exhausts an exhaust air through the cap one-way exhaust passage to the outside space, and then the accommodating space is driven by a pressure difference between the tray inside space and the accommodating space to exhaust through the tray one-way exhaust passage to the tray inside space so that the accommodating space becomes in a state approaching vacuum, and the pressing part resiliently recovers due to an intake air to the tray inside space.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a vacuum container is provided, wherein the connecting tray component has a connecting ring, a spacer tray and a top ring, the connecting ring is ring-shaped and has a down extending part and a receiving part, the down extending part is formed extending from a bottom portion of the connecting ring in a circular manner, the receiving part is arranged at a top portion of the connecting ring, the receiving part is in position corresponding to the top portion of the storage container, and the down extending part is in tight contact with an inner surface of the storage container so that the connecting ring is air-tightly mounted on the top portion of the storage container, the tray opening is formed on a top portion of the spacer tray, the tray inside space is formed inside the spacer tray, the guiding hole is formed passing through a bottom base of the spacer tray thereby mounting the one-way exhauster in the guiding hole, and the spacer tray has a contact part, the contact part is ring-shaped and disposed between the top portion of the spacer tray and the bottom base to form a stair like structure together with the top portion of the spacer tray and the bottom base, wherein the contact part is in tight contact with the receiving part of the connecting ring, and an outer surface of the spacer tray is arranged opposite to an inner surface of the connecting ring, and the outer surface of the spacer tray is arranged between the contact part and the bottom base, the top portion of the top ring is in tight contact with the top ring, and a bottom surface of the top cap is in tight contact with the top portion of the spacer tray, wherein the bottom portion of the connecting ring is in airtight contact with the top portion of the storage container to air-tightly enclose the container opening of the storage container with the spacer tray and the top ring, when the connecting ring is pulled in a manner away from the top portion of the storage container, an outside air from the outside space flows into the accommodating space.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a vacuum container is provided, wherein the connecting ring of the connecting tray component further has a holding tab, the holding tab is formed extending downward from an outer surface of the connecting ring, and the holding tab is provided to be held to facilitate pulling the connecting ring away from the top portion of the storage container.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a vacuum container is provided, wherein the connecting ring of the connecting tray component further has a through hole, the through hole is formed passing through the down extending part so that two ends of the through hole are in a position corresponding to the inner surface of the storage container and the spacer tray, respectively so that the outside air in advance passes through the through hole to flow into the accommodating space of the storage container when the connecting ring is pulled upward slightly thereby preventing from pulling upward the connecting ring too high.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a vacuum container is provided, wherein the top ring of the connecting tray component further has an extensional part, the extensional part is ring-shaped and formed extending downward from a bottom portion of the top ring to dispose in a top inner surface of the spacer tray, the top cap further has a bottom extending part, the bottom extending part is ring-shaped and is formed protruding from the bottom surface of the top cap, and the bottom extending part further has a plurality of transverse strips, the transverse strips are arranged to be spaced apart from each other and transversely protrude from an outer surface of the bottom extending part, wherein the bottom surface of the top cap, which abuts to a rim of the top cap, is in tight contact with a top surface of the top ring, the bottom extending part of the top cap is in tight contact with an inner surface of the top ring, and the transverse strips are in tight contact with the extensional part of the top ring thereby forming an airtight connection between the top ring and the top cap.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a vacuum container is provided, wherein the spacer tray of the connection tray component has a plurality of guiding grooves, the guiding grooves are recessed from a bottom outer surface of the spacer tray in a radially spaced manner around the guiding hole, the guiding grooves communicate with the accommodating space of the storage container, the one-way exhauster mounted in the spacer tray has a cylinder, a bottom contact block, a top cover part and a membrane, the cylinder is inserted in the guiding hole of the spacer tray, a flowing clearance is formed between an outer surface of the cylinder and the bottom base of the spacer tray, and the flowing clearance communicates with the guiding grooves, the bottom contact block is arranged at a bottom portion of the cylinder and in contact with the bottom outer surface of the spacer tray to cover the guiding grooves, the top cover part is arranged at a top portion of the cylinder and disposed in the tray inside space of the spacer tray, the membrane is formed extending downward from a rim of the top cover part and at an inclined angle to the top cover part, and is in airtight contact with a bottom inner surface of the spacer tray, thereby forming, together with the spacer tray and the top cover part, a temporary chamber communicating with the flowing clearance, wherein the intake air from the accommodating space driven by the pressure difference between the tray inside space and the accommodating space flows through the guiding grooves, the flowing clearance and the temporary chamber and pushes the membrane away from the bottom inner surface of the spacer tray to open the tray one-way exhaust passage so that the intake air can flow to the tray inside space, after the intake air flows through the membrane, the membrane recovers to have an airtight contact with the bottom inner surface of the spacer tray to block the intake air from flowing back to the accommodating space.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a vacuum container is provided, wherein the top cap has a plurality of exhausting grooves, the exhausting grooves are recessed from a bottom surface of the top cap in a radially spaced manner around the exhausting hole, the exhausting grooves communicate with the tray inside space of the spacer tray, the one-way exhauster mounted in the top cap has a cylinder, a bottom contact block, a top cover part and a membrane, the cylinder is inserted in the exhausting hole of the top cap, a flowing clearance is formed between an outer surface of the cylinder and the top cap, and the flowing clearance communicates with the exhausting grooves, the bottom contact block is arranged at a bottom portion of the cylinder and in contact with the bottom surface of the top cap to cover the exhausting grooves, the top cover part is arranged at a top portion of the cylinder and disposed between the exhausting hole and the outside space, the membrane extends downward from a rim of the top cover part in an inclined angle with respect to the top cover part, and is in airtight contact with a top surface of the top cap, and the membrane is together with the top cap and the top cover part to form a temporary chamber communicating with the flowing clearance, wherein the exhaust air from the tray inside space compressed by the pressing part of the top cap flows through the exhausting grooves, the flowing clearance and the temporary chamber and pushes the membrane away from the top surface of the top cap to open the cap one-way exhaust passage so that the exhaust air can flow to the outside space, after the exhaust air flows through the membrane, the membrane recovers to have an airtight contact with the top surface of the top cap to block the outside air flowing back to the tray inside space.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a vacuum container is provided, wherein the top cap further has a spacer groove, the spacer groove is recessed in the top cap and is formed to surround, together with the exhausting hole, the pressing part so that the pressing part of the top cap is easy to collapse and deform by pressing the pressing part.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a vacuum container is provided, wherein the top cap has a vent hole, the vent hole is formed through the top cap and located in the pressing part, the vent hole communicates with the outside space and the tray inside space, wherein by pressing the top cap while blocking the vent hole, the top cap collapses to deform so as to exhaust the exhaust air to the outside space by compression of the tray inside space, after releasing the pressing operation of the pressing part, the vent hole is open and the tray inside space will have an atmospheric pressure the same as the outside space.
The vacuum container of the present invention has the technical effects as follows. The vacuum container has a simple structure so that the vacuum container is easy to disassemble and assemble for cleaning. Moreover, it is easy to operate the vacuum container to achieve the vacuum state, and also easy to operate the vacuum container to release the vacuum state.
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The vacuum container 100 of the embodiment of the present invention only comprises the storage container 1, the connecting tray component 2, the top cap 3 and the two one-way exhausters 4A, 4B such that the overall assembly structure of the vacuum container 100 is relative simple, and thus easy to disassemble and assemble, which is conducive to cleaning of the vacuum container 100.
Furthermore, by pressing the pressing part 31 of the top cap 3, the exhaust air from the tray inside space 222 is exhausted through the cap one-way exhaust passage to the outside space, the intake air from the accommodating space 12 flows through the tray one-way exhaust passage to the tray inside space 222, and therefore the accommodating space 12 of the storage container 1 becomes in the state approaching vacuum. In detail, the vacuum state of the accommodating space 12 can be released simply by holding the holding tab 212 to pull the connecting ring 21 away from the top portion of the storage container 1 to flow the outside air into the accommodating space 12.
The above description is merely the explanation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. The ordinary person skilled in the art can apply other adjustments according to the claims below and the above description. However, the adjustments still belong to the technical concept of the present invention and fall into the claims of the present invention.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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112110818 | Mar 2023 | TW | national |