U.S. patent application number 10/545633 was filed with the patent office on 2006-07-13 for closure with push type opener.
Invention is credited to Hee Kwon Rho.
Application Number | 20060151421 10/545633 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 36273513 |
Filed Date | 2006-07-13 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060151421 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Rho; Hee Kwon |
July 13, 2006 |
Closure with push type opener
Abstract
A closure with a push type opener and a device for automatically
keeping slit sealing member inside the cloture. The closure
includes a at an inlet of a container, a cutting region provided at
the closure body and sealing the inlet of the container or the
closure body as a hemispherical region descends by a pressing
method, and a device having a function of keeping the slit sealing
member therein. The sealing member can be easily by touching it by
hand, and thus, a content of a container can be hygienically taken.
In addition, content separately stored in the container and in the
closure can be simply mixed for use.
Inventors: |
Rho; Hee Kwon; (Yongin-si,
KR) |
Correspondence
Address: |
OSTROLENK FABER GERB & SOFFEN
1180 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK
NY
100368403
US
|
Family ID: |
36273513 |
Appl. No.: |
10/545633 |
Filed: |
February 14, 2004 |
PCT Filed: |
February 14, 2004 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/KR04/00303 |
371 Date: |
August 12, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
215/297 ;
215/228; 215/252; 220/278; 220/521 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 2251/0015 20130101;
B65D 51/224 20130101; B65D 51/225 20130101; B65D 2251/0093
20130101; B65D 51/228 20130101; B65D 51/247 20130101; B65D
2251/0028 20130101; B65D 51/246 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
215/297 ;
215/252; 220/278; 215/228; 220/521 |
International
Class: |
B65D 17/44 20060101
B65D017/44; B65D 39/00 20060101 B65D039/00; B65D 51/00 20060101
B65D051/00; B65D 1/24 20060101 B65D001/24 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Feb 14, 2003 |
KR |
10 2003-0009544 |
Mar 21, 2003 |
KR |
10 2003-0017929 |
Jan 27, 2004 |
KR |
10 2004-0005212 |
Claims
1. One piece or two or more pieces of closures of a container
comprising: a closure body detachably coupled at an inlet of a
container; and a sealing member provided at the closure body and
sealing the inlet of the container or the closure body as a
hemispherical region descends by a pressing method, wherein a
cutting support 41 is installed inside a thin connection film 33 of
the closure (Refer to a principle presented in a `Waveform annular
body and Cap(B) described with reference to FIG. 1 of Japanese
Application No. Sho 57-126367 entitled `Cap` filed on Feb. 3, 1981
by the applicant of DAINIPPON INK AND CHEMICALS, INC., a former
patent application), a structure having a new function such as a
sealing member keeping recess 43 and a cutting blade 44 are
installed at the cutting support 41, and such a principle that a
sealing member 2 sealed at the inlet of the container is penetrated
by a cutting blade 42 of the closure, slit by the cutting support
blade 44 and then inserted in the sealing member keeping recess 43
for storage is applied.
2. The closure of claim 1, wherein a wrapper installation jaw 16
for mounting a wrapper 15 is installed at an inner or outer surface
of an outer wall (protecting wall) 11 of an upper portion of the
closure, and a spoon mounting jaw 14 for mounting a spoon 13 is
installed at an inner surface of the outer wall 11.
3. One piece or two or more pieces of closures, wherein a cutting
support 41, a cutting blade 42, a cutting support blade 44 and a
sealing member keeping recess 43 are installed at an inner surface
of the side of a body of the closure.
4. The closure of claim 1 or 2, wherein a thin connection film has
at least one crease so that a hemispherical (dome) region can be
easily folded.
5. The closure of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein a sealing member keeping
recess of the closure for keeping sealing member is provided to
keep a sealing member which has been penetrated, slit and
separated.
6. The closure of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein a sealing portion, a
connected portion, a perforated portion or one or more undercuts
are installed at a lower portion of an outer wall region of the
closure coupled to a container.
7. The closure of claim 1 or 2, wherein a pressing plate 32 in
various forms at the center of an upper end of a dome region is
provided so as to easily press the dome region.
8. The closure of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the cutting support
blade 44 is installed at the cutting support which has the sealing
member keeping recess for keeping the sealing member slit after
being penetrated by the cutting blade and a penetrating bar 45.
9. The closure of claim 1 or 2, wherein a penetrating bar 45 is
installed vertically and downwardly at the center of the pressing
plate 32 of the hemispherical region 30 of the closure, and has a
cylindrical shape, a jaw at its lower portion, and a sharp end
portion to facilitate penetrating the sealing member.
10. The closure of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein an open bar 45 in
various forms is installed vertically and downwardly at the center
of an inner surface of the pressing plate 32 of the hemispherical
region 30 of the closure.
11. The closure of claim 1 or 2, wherein a suitable open bar 46
(e.g., a cross type or a `T`-shape one, etc.) is installed at the
position of the penetrating bar 45 to substitute the penetrating
bar 45 in order to easily open the sealing member 2, and an upper
space 35 is formed at a certain portion inside the hemispherical
region 30 to keep a content 3 such as a solution or powder.
12. The closure of claim 3, wherein a wrapper installation jaw 16
for mounting a wrapper 15 is formed at an inner or outer surface of
an outer wall (protecting wall) 11 of an upper portion of the
closure, and a spoon mounting jaw 14 for mounting a spoon 13 is
formed at an inner surface of the outer wall 11.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a closure with a push type
opener and, more particularly, to one piece or two or more pieces
of closures capable of opening a sealing member which blocks an
inlet of a container or an inner side of a closure by pressing it,
and capable of automatically inserting a slit sealing member inside
the closure for storage.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a closure of a container
of a beverage container (bottle) having an opening structure in
accordance with a conventional art.
[0003] The closure of a beverage container includes a closure body
5 detachably coupled at an inlet of a container 1 sealed by a
sealing member 2; an ascending/descending member 6 installed to be
moved linearly up and down at an upper outer side of the closure
body 5; and an auxiliary closure 7 capped at an upper portion of
the closure body 5.
[0004] When a user wants to drink a beverage in a closure-capped
container, the user may separate the closure body 5 from the
beverage container 1 and remove the sealing member 2 blocking the
inlet of the container 1. And then, the user may couple the closure
body 5 to the inlet of the beverage container 1, open the auxiliary
closure 7 and grasp the ascending/descending member 5 by hand and
pull it upwardly. Then, an upper side surface 6' of the
ascending/descending member 6 is isolated from a head part 5' of
the closure body to open the closure of the beverage container 1,
so that the user can drink the beverage by inclining the beverage
container 1.
[0005] If the user does not want to drink the beverage any further,
he/she can press the ascending/descending member 6 by hand to
return it to its original position, thereby closing the inlet of
the beverage container 1.
[0006] However, the conventional closure of the beverage container
having such an opening structure has the following problems.
[0007] That is, in order to open the container, the closure body 5
is separated from the container 1, the sealing member 2 is removed,
and then, the closure body 5 is coupled again to the beverage
container 1, causing inconvenience to open the closure.
[0008] Especially, since the sealing member 2 is firmly attached
for sealing at the inlet of the container 1, it is not easy for the
user to open it, and thus, in most cases, the user must open it by
hand, causing a problem that the inlet of the container 1 is
contaminated in the process of removing the sealing member 2, which
is not hygienic.
[0009] In addition, the conventional closure makes it difficult to
keep a different content from a current content put in the
container 1, so a container is additionally required or the
structure of the closure is to be formed more complicate.
[0010] Moreover, when the user wants to drink a beverage contained
in the beverage container, he/she must open the closure by putting
up the ascending/descending member 6 by hand, and after finishing
drinking the beverage, he/she must push the ascending/descending
member to its original position by hand, contaminating the portion
where the beverage is discharged, which is thus insanitary.
TECHNICAL GIST OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0011] Therefore, it is one object of the present invention to
provide a closure with a push type opener capable of opening a
container hygienically, removing a sealing member simply and
keeping a slit sealing member inside a closure for storage by
constructing such that the sealing member for sealing an inlet of
the container is opened by pressing without separating the closure
from a container, and mounting a spoon for a user to have a content
in the closure to thereby avoid users' inconvenience of preparing a
spoon personally.
[0012] Another object of the present invention is to provide a
closure with a push type opener capable of improving users'
convenience with a construction that a mixed beverage or a food
stuff can be kept in one container and closure without a necessity
of keeping them in individual containers, and contents contained in
each container and closure can be mixed by opening a sealing member
by pressing, to thereby simplify keeping and mixing individual
contents.
[0013] Referring back to a problem of the conventional art, when
the sealing member mounted at the inlet of the container is to be
removed, the closure is first released from the container, the
sealing member is torn off directly by hand or by using a tool
(knife or a gimlet), and then, the content in the container can be
used. In such a case, it is quite inconvenient for a user to use
the closure, the sealing member is quite roughly torn off, and it
is not easy to handle and keep the removed sealing member in
storage.
[0014] In order to accomplish the above objects, there is provided
a closure having an inlet in the container processed by a sealing
member or having a sealing member mounted in the closure, including
a device for cutting the sealing member and keeping slit sealing
member in the closure for storage, whereby in a state that the
closure is coupled at the inlet of the container, a spoon 13
mounted at an upper portion of the closure is released without
isolating the closure and the container, and a pressing plate 32 of
an upper end portion of a hemispherical (dome) region 30 of an
upper portion of the closure by the thumb is vertically pressed to
make the sealing member sealed at the inlet of the container be
penetrated by several cutting blades 42 installed at a lower
portion of a cutting region 40 of the closure (Refer to a principle
presented in a `Waveform Annular Body and other Cap(B) described
with reference to FIG. 1 of Japanese Application No. Sho 57-126367
entitled `Cap` filed on Feb. 3, 1981 by the applicant of DAINIPPON
INK AND CHEMICALS, INC., a former patent application), and then,
when the closure is rotated in an opening direction, the sealing
member is completely cut by cutting blades 44 of a cutting support
41 and smoothly inserted into a sealing member keeping recess 43 in
the closure.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0015] FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a closure of a beverage
container having an opening structure in accordance with a
conventional art;
[0016] FIG. 2 is a bird's-eye-view projected over an external
structure of the closure;
[0017] FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing `before operation` with
respect to an internal structure of the closure;
[0018] FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing `after operation` with
respect to an internal structure of the closure;
[0019] FIG. 5 is a drawing illustrating a cutting blade installed
at a lower portion of a cutting support, of which
[0020] FIG. 5A is an unfolded sectional view; and
[0021] FIG. 5B is a bottom view;
[0022] FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a sealing member
keeping recess 43 installed at a middle portion of the cutting
support;
[0023] FIG. 7 is a drawing illustrating a cutting support blade
installed at the side of the sealing member keeping recess of the
cutting support, of which
[0024] FIG. 7A is a sectional view; and
[0025] FIG. 7B is a bottom view;
[0026] FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a spoon installed at a
spoon mounting jaw installed at an upper portion of an outer wall
(protecting wall) of the closure and a wrapper installed at a
wrapper installation jaw;
[0027] FIG. 9 is a projected plan view showing the spoon installed
at the spoon mounting jaw installed at the upper portion of the
outer wall (protecting wall) of the closure and the wrapper
installed at the wrapper installation jaw;
[0028] FIG. 9 is a drawing illustrating a penetrating bar, of
which
[0029] FIG. 9A is a sectional view; and
[0030] FIG. 9B is a bottom view;
[0031] FIG. 10 is a drawing illustrating `before operation` of the
closure having only a cutting region without a hemispherical
region;
[0032] FIG. 11 is a drawing illustrating `before operation` of the
closure having only the cutting region without the hemispherical
region;
[0033] FIG. 12 is a drawing illustrating `before operation` of the
closure having only the cutting region without the hemispherical
region;
[0034] FIG. 13 is a sectional view showing addition of the
penetrating bar or an open bar in FIG. 3; and
[0035] FIG. 14 is a sectional view showing addition of the
penetrating bar or an open bar in FIG. 4.
MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0036] Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0037] The structure of a closure in accordance with the present
invention will be described as follows.
[0038] The closure is divided into an outer wall region 10, a
hemispherical (dome) region 30 and a cutting region 40.
[0039] The outer wall region 10 is coupled at its lower portion to
an inlet of a container 1, and its upper portion is more protruded
than the inlet of the container. A spoon mounting jaw 14 and a
wrapper installation jaw 16 are installed at an outer wall 11 of
the outer wall region 10. A knurl 12 is installed at an outer
surface of the outer wall region. At a lower side of the outer wall
region 10 coupled to the inlet of the container 1, there are formed
a sealing portion 17, a connected potion 18, a perforated portion
19 or an under cut 20, and the knurl 12A.
[0040] The dome region 30 is surrounded by an upper portion-opened
cylindrical outer wall 11, and includes a pressing plate 32
installed at an upper end of a hemisphere (dome) 31, a thin
connection film 33 connecting the outer wall region and the
hemispherical (dome) region. The thin connection film has at least
one crease 34.
[0041] The cutting region 40 is installed at a lower inner portion
of the dome region. The cutting region 40 has a cylindrical shape
with a lower portion opened, and is installed in a vertical
direction. The cutting region 40 includes a cutting support 41
required for penetrating and cutting a sealing member, a cutting
blade 42, a cutting support blade 44 for slitting the sealing
member, and a sealing member keeping recess 43 for keeping the slit
sealing member.
[0042] A first embodiment of the present invention will now be
described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.
[0043] A closure includes a wrapper installation jaw 16 installed
at the inner surface or the outer surface of the outer wall
(protecting wall) 11, a wrapper 15 mounted at the wrapper
installation jaw 16, the spoon mounting jaw 14 installed at the
inner surface of the outer wall 11, a spoon for scooping a content,
a pressing plate 32 formed thicker than the connection film 33 of
the dome region 30, a crease 34 allowing the connection film to be
easily folded, a cutting blade 42 of the cutting region 40
penetrating the sealing member, a sealing member keeping recess 43
keeping the slit sealing member, and a cutting support blade 44 of
the cutting support 41 for completely slitting the penetrated
sealing member.
[0044] The closure according to the first embodiment of the present
invention is applied to a container in which content 3 is put in a
paste state, or content such as a thick solution or a powder
product, which a user can have with a spoon.
[0045] A second embodiment of the present invention will now be
described, in which the closure does not have such a spoon mounting
jaw and a spoon as in the first embodiment of FIGS. 3 and 4.
[0046] Its operational order is as follows.
[0047] 1) The wrapper 15 mounted at the wrapper installation jaw 16
installed at an inner or outer surface of the outer wall
(protection wall) 11, namely, a portion of the outer wall region 10
of the closure is removed by using fingers or other tools.
[0048] 2) The pressing plate 32 of the dome region is softly
pressed by the thumb in a vertical direction downwardly.
[0049] 3) The thin connection film 33 is folded by virtue of the
pressing force and the cutting region 40 also descends.
[0050] 4) The cutting blade 42 of the cutting region 40 installed
at the lower side of the dome region 30 mounted at the inlet of the
container descends to penetrate the sealing member 2, and at this
time, the folded thin connection film 33 remains folded, not being
recovered to its original state.
[0051] 5) The sealing member which has been penetrated by the
cutting blade 42 is inserted in the sealing member keeping recess
43 (Refer to FIG. 4).
[0052] 6) In order to release the closure from the container, the
closure is rotated in an opening direction.
[0053] 7) A portion of the sealing member 2 inserted in the sealing
member keeping recess 43, which has survived the cutting and thus
remained intact, if any, is cut by the sharp cutting support blade
44 installed perpendicular in the opening direction to the side of
the cutting support 41 and inserted into the sealing member keeping
recess 43 completely, and the slit sealing member 2A is kept in the
sealing member keeping recess 43 of the closure.
[0054] The closure in accordance with the second embodiment of the
present invention is applied to a container which holds a watery
solution that users may have by applying their mouths to the
container, or to a container having a content can be poured into a
different container for a user to have, e.g., milk, watery yogurt,
cafe latte, or the like.
[0055] A third embodiment of the present invention will now be
described.
[0056] In such a structure of the closure as in first embodiment,
an open bar 46 for penetrating the sealing member to open it is
installed at a lower portion of the pressing plate of the
hemispherical region, and an upper space for storing content inside
the hemispherical region is formed.
[0057] A fourth embodiment of the present invention will now be
described.
[0058] FIGS. 11 and 12 illustrate installation of the cutting
region 40 at an inner wall surface of the outer wall region,
without having the hemispherical region 30. A closure in accordance
with the fourth embodiment of the present invention operates as
follows.
[0059] 1) A closure 4 coupled spaced with a certain interval 50
from the inlet of the container 1 with the sealing member 2 mounted
therein is rotated (in case of a screw) in a closing direction and
descends vertically by a pressing force (in case of an undercut) to
be closed completely.
[0060] 2) The perforated portion 19 of the sealing portion 17 is
torn off by virtue of the rotational force or the vertical
descending force and the closure is tightly attached to the inlet
of the container.
[0061] 3) The sealing member 2 is penetrated by the cutting blade
42 installed at the inner surface of the closure 4, cut by the
cutting support blade 44 and completely separated from the inlet of
the container 1.
[0062] 4) The completely slit sealing member 2A is released from
the inlet of the container and inserted into the sealing member
keeping recess 43.
[0063] 5) When the closure 4 is rotated in an opening direction,
the connected portion 18 is torn and the perforated portion 17 is
caught by a protrusion of the lower portion of a screw installed at
an outer surface of the inlet of the container to remain there
while the sealing member 2A is kept in the sealing member keeping
recess 43. In this state, the closure 4 is released from the inlet
of the container.
[0064] The closure is applied to a container which holds a content
3 in a paste state, or content such as a thick solution or a powder
product which a user can have with a spoon.
[0065] As stated above, when the closure coupled at the inlet of
the container 1 with the sealing member 2 mounted therein is
opened, the sealing member 2 is automatically penetrated, slit and
inserted for storage in the sealing member keeping recess 43 inside
the closure.
[0066] In addition, the closure mounted at the inlet of the
sealing-processed container which automatically keeps the sealing
member 2A when it is opened can be applicable to any containers so
long as they are sealing-processed regardless of a content, rather
than being limited to the beverage container, and a design (or
pattern) of the closure is to be interpreted to come within the
coverage of the present invention.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
[0067] As so far described, the closure with the push type opener
in accordance with the present invention has the following
advantages.
[0068] That is, for example, first, since the sealing member
capping the container can be opened by the pressing method, a user
cannot be bothered to separate the closure in order to remove the
sealing member to take the content of the container.
[0069] Second, because the user can easily open the inlet of the
container without applying hands to the inlet of the container in
order to remove the sealing member to have a beverage or a content
of the container, he/she can take the content hygienically.
[0070] Third, with a content stored inside the closure, the sealing
member can be opened by the pressing method, and the content stored
inside the closure and a content stored in the container can be
mixed. Accordingly, the user can simply mix the different contents
to have it.
[0071] Fourth, since the sealing member mounted at the inlet of the
container is removed and automatically stored inside the closure,
the slit sealing member does not remain as waste.
[0072] Finally, since a spoon or a straw can be kept in a space of
an upper portion of the closure, a user can easily use them for
having a content of the container, and in addition, by providing a
closure cover, it accomplishes effectiveness of advertising as well
as preventing introduction of foreign materials to thereby improve
hygiene of the spoon or the straw.
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