CN112607213A

CN112607213A - Container and bottle cap thereof

Info

Publication number: CN112607213A
Application number: CN202011509392.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐聚元; 张洪岩; 王亚男; 王瑶瑶
Original assignee: YANTAI HICAP CLOSURES Co Ltd
Current assignee: YANTAI HICAP CLOSURES Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-19
Filing date: 2020-12-19
Publication date: 2021-04-06
Anticipated expiration: 2040-12-19
Also published as: CN112607213B

Abstract

The invention relates to a bottle cap, which comprises an inner plug, an inner cover and a pouring nozzle, wherein the pouring nozzle is axially slidably arranged in the inner plug, a first locking structure is arranged between the pouring nozzle and the inner plug, the pouring nozzle is provided with a first position and a second position relative to the inner plug, and when the pouring nozzle is positioned at the first position, the first locking structure is in a separated state; when the pouring spout is located at the second position, the first locking structure axially locks the pouring spout with the inner plug; be provided with first linkage between inner cup and the pouring mouth, the inner cup can drive the pouring mouth through first linkage and slide between primary importance and second place, and when first locking structure locked the pouring mouth in the second place, the inner cup can be along the direction motion of keeping away from the primary importance in order to relieve with the linkage of pouring mouth. The bottle cap only needs to be provided with corresponding matching structures among the inner cap, the pouring spout and the inner plug, and no additional part is needed, so that the bottle cap is simpler in structure and is beneficial to production and assembly.

Description

Container and bottle cap thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of container packaging, in particular to a container and a bottle cap thereof.

Background

The existing containers for containing liquid, such as oil bottles and wine bottles, in order to pour out the liquid in the containers conveniently, the mouth parts of the containers are made to be slender, the slender mouth parts enable users to control the pouring angle conveniently in the process of pouring the liquid, the liquid can slowly flow out of the mouth parts, and if the mouth parts are made to be too long, the occupied space of the containers is affected, and the containers are not favorable for packaging and transportation. In order to solve the problem, a telescopic bottle mouth is provided, a pouring nozzle is arranged in the bottle mouth, and after the bottle cap is opened, the pouring nozzle is outwards popped out from the bottle mouth under the action of a spring, so that the length of the bottle mouth is prolonged, but the structure can lead to a more complex container structure and is not beneficial to production and assembly.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, it is desirable to provide a bottle cap having a simple structure and a container using the bottle cap, in order to solve the problem of the complicated structure of the retractable bottle mouth in the conventional container.

A bottle cap comprising an inner stopper, an inner cap and a pouring spout, the pouring spout being axially slidably disposed within the inner stopper with a first locking structure disposed therebetween, the pouring spout having a first position and a second position relative to the inner stopper, the first locking structure being in a disengaged state when the pouring spout is in the first position; the first locking structure axially locks the pouring spout with the inner plug when the pouring spout is in the second position;

the inner cup with be provided with first linkage between the pouring spout, the inner cup can pass through first linkage drives the pouring spout is in the first position with slide between the second position, work as first locking structure will the pouring spout lock in when the second position, the inner cup can be along keeping away from the direction motion of first position in order to relieve with the linkage of pouring spout.

In one embodiment, the inner plug includes a cylindrical inner sleeve, the pouring nozzle is cylindrical, the pouring nozzle is sleeved inside the inner sleeve and can axially slide relative to the inner sleeve, and the first locking structure is arranged between an outer wall of the inner sleeve and an outer wall of the pouring nozzle.

In one embodiment, the pouring spout comprises a cylindrical outer body, and the first locking structure comprises a first protrusion or a first groove provided on an outer wall of the outer body and a first groove or a first protrusion provided on an inner wall of the inner sleeve, the first protrusion being located within the first groove when the pouring spout is in the second position.

In one embodiment, the upper end of the outer ring body is provided with an outwardly protruding limiting ring, and the limiting ring is overlapped on the top of the inner sleeve when the pouring nozzle is located at the first position.

In one embodiment, the pouring spout further comprises an inner ring disposed inside the outer ring, the top of the inner cap has an insertion portion extending downward, and the first interlocking structure is disposed between the inner ring and the insertion portion.

In one embodiment, the insertion portion is located inside the inner ring, and the first linkage structure includes a second protrusion disposed on an outer wall of the insertion portion, and an outer diameter of the second protrusion is slightly larger than an inner diameter of the inner ring.

In one embodiment, the inner ring body is connected to the outer ring body through a plurality of connecting bridges, and the connecting bridges are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the inner ring body.

In one embodiment, the bottle cap further comprises an aluminum cylinder sleeved outside the inner cap, and an internal thread portion is arranged on the inner wall of the aluminum cylinder.

In one embodiment, the length of the internal thread portion in the axial direction of the inner cap is greater than the distance between the first position and the second position.

The invention also provides a container comprising a closure as defined in any one of the preceding claims.

The bottle cap is characterized in that a first linkage structure is arranged between an inner cover and a pouring nozzle, the inner cover drives the pouring nozzle to move towards the outside of a bottle mouth in the opening process, when the pouring nozzle moves to a second position relative to an inner plug, the pouring nozzle and the inner plug are axially locked by the first linkage structure, the pouring nozzle is enabled to be in an extending state relative to the bottle mouth, the inner cover is continuously opened at the moment to enable the inner cover to be separated from the pouring nozzle, and liquid in a container can flow out from a through flow channel between the inner plug and the pouring nozzle; when the container needs to be closed again, the inner cover is buckled on the pouring spout, the first locking structure is unlocked by pressing the inner cover downwards, and the pouring spout is contracted into the bottle mouth again along with the movement of the inner cover from the second position to the first position. Because only need set up corresponding cooperation structure between inner cup, pouring spout and interior stopper in this application, need not to set up extra part, make the bottle lid structure simpler, be favorable to production and assembly.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a sectional view (closed state) of a bottle cap according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a sectional view (opened state) of a bottle cap according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a perspective view of an inner plug in a bottle cap according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a perspective view of a pouring spout in the bottle cap according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a plan view of a pouring spout in the bottle cap according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein:

100-inner plug;

110-an inner sleeve;

111-a first recess;

120-an outer sleeve;

200-inner cover;

210-an insertion portion;

211-a second protrusion;

220-annular boss;

300-pouring spout;

310-outer ring body;

311-a first bump;

312-a stop collar;

320-inner ring body;

330-connecting bridge;

400-an aluminum cylinder;

410-an internal threaded portion;

500-bottle mouth.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not denote a unique embodiment.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the present invention provides a bottle cap including an inner stopper 100, an inner cap 200, and a pouring spout 300, the pouring spout 300 being axially slidably disposed in the inner stopper 100, and a first locking structure being disposed between the pouring spout 300 and the inner stopper 100, the pouring spout 300 having a first position and a second position with respect to the inner stopper 100, the first locking structure being in a separated state when the pouring spout 300 is in the first position; when the pouring spout 300 is in the second position, the first locking structure axially locks the pouring spout 300 with the inner plug 100; be provided with first linkage between inner cup 200 and the pouring spout 300, inner cup 200 can drive pouring spout 300 through first linkage and slide between first position and second position, and when first locking structure locked pouring spout 300 in the second position, inner cup 200 can be along the direction motion of keeping away from the first position in order to relieve the linkage with pouring spout 300.

The bottle cap is provided with a first linkage structure between the inner cap 200 and the pouring spout 300, the inner cap 200 drives the pouring spout 300 to move towards the outside of the bottle mouth in the opening process, when the pouring spout 300 moves to a second position relative to the inner plug 100, the first linkage structure axially locks the pouring spout 300 and the inner plug 100, so that the pouring spout 300 is in a protruding state relative to the bottle mouth, at the moment, the inner cap 200 can be separated from the pouring spout 300 by continuously opening the inner cap 200, and liquid in the container can flow out from a through flow passage between the inner plug 100 and the pouring spout 300; when it is desired to close the container again, the inner cap 200 is snapped onto the pouring spout 300, the first locking structure is unlocked by depressing the inner cap 200, and the pouring spout 300 is retracted into the mouth of the bottle again as the inner cap 200 is moved from the second position to the first position. Since only corresponding matching structures need to be arranged among the inner cap 200, the pouring spout 300 and the inner plug 100 in the present application, additional components do not need to be arranged, so that the structure of the bottle cap is simpler, and the production and assembly are facilitated.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, in the present embodiment, the inner plug 100 includes a cylindrical inner sleeve 110, the pouring spout 300 is cylindrical, the pouring spout 300 is sleeved inside the inner sleeve 110 and can axially slide relative to the inner sleeve 110, the first locking structure is disposed between an outer wall of the inner sleeve 110 and an outer wall of the pouring spout 300, the pouring spout 300 can axially slide relative to the inner sleeve 110 to move between a first position and a second position, and when the pouring spout 300 moves to the second position, an inner wall of the pouring spout 300 is communicated with an inner wall of the inner sleeve 110 to form a flow passage, so that the liquid in the container can flow out from the flow passage.

In order to facilitate the assembly of the inner plug 100 in the bottle mouth 500 of the container, the cylindrical outer sleeve 120 is further arranged outside the inner sleeve 110, when the container is packaged, the outer sleeve 120 is directly inserted into the inner wall of the bottle mouth 500, the inner plug 100 is fixed by utilizing the matching relationship between the outer sleeve 120 and the bottle mouth 500, and the matching relationship between the outer sleeve 120 and the bottle mouth 500 can be interference fit or can also be limited fit.

In the bottle cap of the present invention, the first locking structure may be implemented in various ways, and preferably as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the pouring spout 300 includes a cylindrical outer ring body 310, the first locking structure includes a first protrusion 311 disposed on the outer wall of the outer ring body 310, and a first groove 111 disposed on the inner wall of the inner sleeve 110, the first groove 111 is formed by two protrusions disposed on the inner wall of the inner sleeve 110 at intervals in the present embodiment, wherein the positions of the first protrusion 311 and the first groove 111 may be interchanged, when the pouring spout 300 is slid from the first position to the second position, the first protrusion 311 slides into the first groove 111 over the protrusion on the inner wall of the inner sleeve 110, and the pouring spout 300 and the inner plug 100 are axially locked in the second position by the cooperation of the first protrusion 311 and the first groove 111. When pouring spout 300 is subjected to a certain axial downward pressure, first protrusion 311 is able to escape from first recess 111 past the ledge on the inner wall of inner sleeve 110, and the first locking structure unlocks pouring spout 300 and inner plug 100. In this embodiment, the pouring spout 300 is preferably made of a material having a certain elasticity, such as plastic, and the elastic deformation of the material is more easily realized when the first protrusion 311 slides into the first groove 111 or is released from the first groove 111.

In other embodiments, the first locking structure may take other forms, such as providing a constricted section on the inner wall of the inner sleeve, the outer wall of the outer ring body creating an interference fit with the constricted section of the inner sleeve when the pouring spout is moved to the second position, and locking the pouring spout in the second position by friction created by the interference fit.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the upper end of the outer ring body 310 is provided with a limiting ring 312 protruding outward, when the pouring spout 300 is located at the first position, the limiting ring 312 overlaps the top of the inner sleeve 110, so that the pouring spout 300 can be located at the first position, and at the same time, a downwardly protruding annular boss 220 can be provided at the top of the inner cap 200 corresponding to the limiting ring 312, when the inner cap 200 is closed on the container, the annular boss 220 abuts against the top of the limiting ring 312, so as to enhance the sealing effect between the inner cap 200 and the pouring spout 300, and at the same time, the limiting ring 312 abuts against the top of the inner sleeve 110 downward under the pressure of the inner cap 200, so as to achieve the sealing between the pouring spout 300 and the inner plug 100.

In the bottle cap of the present invention, the first interlocking structure may be variously embodied, and preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the pouring spout 300 further includes an inner ring 320 disposed inside the outer ring 310, the top of the inner cap 200 has an insertion portion 210 extending downward, and the first interlocking structure is disposed between the inner ring 320 and the insertion portion 210. Of course, in the present invention, the first interlocking structure may be provided between the insertion portion 210 and the inner wall of the outer ring body 310 without providing the inner ring body 320.

Specifically, the insertion portion 210 is located inside the inner ring 320, the first linkage structure includes a second protrusion 211 disposed on an outer wall of the insertion portion 210, and an outer diameter of the second protrusion 211 is slightly larger than an inner diameter of the inner ring 320. When the inner cap 200 is fastened to the pouring spout 300, the insertion portion 210 extends into the pouring spout 300 from the inside of the inner ring 320, the second protrusion 211 passes through the inner ring 320 and moves to the lower portion of the lower end of the inner ring 320, when the inner cap 200 moves upward under the action of an external force, the second protrusion 211 abuts against the lower end of the inner ring 320, the pouring spout 300 is driven to move upward synchronously, when the pouring spout 300 moves to the second position, the inner cap 200 continues to move upward, the second protrusion 211 is contracted and deformed under the action of the external force, enters the inner ring 320, slides out from the upper end of the inner ring 320, and the inner cap 200 is separated from the pouring spout 300. In the present embodiment, the insertion portion 210 is preferably made of elastic material, such as plastic; in order to facilitate the insertion of the insertion portion 210 from the upper end of the inner ring body 320, a chamfer is formed at the upper end opening of the inner ring body 320.

As shown in fig. 5, the inner ring 320 is connected to the outer ring 310 through a plurality of connecting bridges 330, the connecting bridges 330 are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the inner ring 320, a plurality of vent holes are formed between adjacent connecting bridges 330, and when pouring liquid, the liquid in the container can be poured out without selecting a specific tilting direction and tilting in any direction.

In order to connect the inner cap 200 to the mouth of the container, the bottle cap further comprises an aluminum cylinder 400 sleeved outside the inner cap 200, wherein an inner threaded portion 410 is provided on the inner wall of the aluminum cylinder 400, the inner threaded portion 410 is engaged with an outer threaded portion on the outer wall of the mouth of the container, the inner cap 200 is connected to the mouth of the container, and when the aluminum cylinder 400 is rotated, the inner cap 200 can be screwed out of the mouth of the container along with the aluminum cylinder 400. Meanwhile, the aluminum cylinder 400 wraps the inner cover 200, and various patterns or marks can be printed on the outer surface of the aluminum cylinder 400, so that the attractiveness and the functionality of the bottle cap are improved.

As a preferred embodiment, the length of the internal thread portion 410 in the axial direction of the inner cap 200 is greater than the distance between the first position and the second position. When the inner cap 200 is in a sealed state, the pouring spout 300 is in a first position, when the aluminum tube 400 is screwed outwards under the action of an external force, the inner cap 200 drives the pouring spout 300 to move from the first position to a second position, when the pouring spout 300 reaches the second position, the pouring spout is locked with the inner plug 100 by the first locking structure, at the moment, the internal thread portion 410 of the aluminum tube 400 is still in a combined state with the external thread portion of the bottle mouth, the aluminum tube 400 is continuously rotated, the inner cap 200 continues to move outwards, the inner cap 200 is separated from the pouring spout 300, when the aluminum tube 400 is completely separated from the bottle mouth of the container, the pouring spout 300 is already in a state of extending from the bottle mouth, and a user can directly pour the liquid in the container.

The bottle cap provided by the invention can be applied to various containers, such as oil bottles, wine bottles and seasoning bottles.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A bottle closure comprising an inner stopper (100), an inner cap (200) and a pouring spout (300), characterised in that the pouring spout (300) is axially slidably arranged within the inner stopper (100) with a first locking structure arranged between the pouring spout (300) and the inner stopper (100), the pouring spout (300) having a first position and a second position relative to the inner stopper (100), the first locking structure being in a disengaged state when the pouring spout (300) is in the first position; said first locking structure axially locks said pouring spout (300) with said inner plug (100) when said pouring spout (300) is in said second position;

inner cup (200) with be provided with first linkage between pouring spout (300), inner cup (200) can pass through first linkage drives pouring spout (300) are in first position with slide between the second position, work as first locking structure will pouring spout (300) lock in when the second position, inner cup (200) can be along keeping away from the direction motion of first position in order to relieve with the linkage of pouring spout (300).

2. The bottle cap according to claim 1, wherein the inner plug (100) comprises a cylindrical inner sleeve (110), the pouring spout (300) is cylindrical, and the pouring spout (300) is sleeved inside the inner sleeve (110) and is axially slidable relative to the inner sleeve (110), and the first locking structure is provided between an outer wall of the inner sleeve (110) and an outer wall of the pouring spout (300).

3. A bottle cap according to claim 2, wherein the pouring spout (300) comprises a cylindrical outer ring (310), and the first locking structure comprises a first protrusion (311) or a first groove (111) provided on the outer wall of the outer ring (310), and a first groove (111) or a first protrusion (311) provided on the inner wall of the inner sleeve (110), the first protrusion (311) being located in the first groove (111) when the pouring spout (300) is in the second position.

4. The bottle cap according to claim 3, wherein an upper end of the outer ring body (310) is provided with a stopper ring (312) protruding outward, the stopper ring (312) overlapping a top of the inner sleeve (110) when the pouring spout (300) is located at the first position.

5. The bottle cap according to claim 3, wherein the pouring spout (300) further comprises an inner ring (320) disposed inside the outer ring (310), the top of the inner cap (200) having a downwardly extending insert portion (210), the first interlocking structure being disposed between the inner ring (320) and the insert portion (210).

6. The bottle cap according to claim 5, wherein the insert (210) is located inside the inner ring (320), and the first linkage comprises a second protrusion (211) provided on an outer wall of the insert (210), and an outer diameter of the second protrusion (211) is slightly larger than an inner diameter of the inner ring (320).

7. The bottle cap according to claim 5, wherein the inner ring (320) is connected to the outer ring (310) by a plurality of connecting bridges (330), the connecting bridges (330) being evenly distributed along the circumference of the inner ring (320).

8. The bottle cap according to claim 1, further comprising an aluminum cylinder (400) fitted around the outside of the inner cap (200), wherein an inner wall of the aluminum cylinder (400) is provided with an internal thread portion (410).

9. The bottle cap according to claim 8, wherein the length of the internal thread portion (410) in the axial direction of the inner cap (200) is greater than the distance between the first position and the second position.

10. A container comprising a closure as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.