CN101157403B - Drinking element with duct matched with beverage container - Google Patents

Abstract

A drinking component (1) which is provided with a channel (7) used for cooperating with the drink container includes the following components: a coupling part (2) which is used to joint the opening in the drink container; an engaging part (3) which is separated from the coupling part for a certain distance and has a dimension arranged that the engaging part can be surrounded by the lips of the consumer; and a channel opening (7) which traverses the coupling part and the engaging part and is used for transferring drink to the consumer through the drinking component, wherein the coupling part is designed to fixed in the opening of the drink container or at the upper part and meanwhile a liquid-impermeable sealing is formed between the drinking component and the drink container.

Description

Have the drinking element that is used for the passage that cooperates with drinking container

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of drinking element that is used for the passage that cooperates with drinking container that has, it can be incorporated into drinking container.

Background technology

Such as the beverage of soft drink and alcoholic beverage be contained in large quantities such as bottle, listen and the drinking container of carton box in, beverage can directly be quoted from these containers.The customer who this means beverage is placed directly in drinking container on the lip and then the beverage in the drinking container is directly poured in the mouth, and that is to say does not need to use for example cup or glass.At the restaurant with the bar in, increasing people directly has a drink from drinking container.Such example is day by day to use so-called bland (alcoholic beverage that mixes with soft drink) and special beer increasedly.In addition, popular in the bottle or the soft drink of doing bidding since for a long time.Having a drink does not by this way need to use other annexes, is simple therefore.Equally, directly having a drink from drinking container becomes the mode that young consumers is particularly liked.The shortcoming of directly drinking from drinking container is to drink not too easily and owing to the deterioration that contacts the health that causes with the physics of drinking container.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is to simplify directly beverage from drinking container, and reduce the directly shortcoming of beverage from drinking container according to prior art.

For this reason, the invention provides a kind of drinking element that is used for the passage that cooperates with drinking container that has, comprising: coupling part is used for engaging the opening of drinking container; The bonding part spaced apart with coupling part, size so are provided with so that surrounded by user's lip; And the access portal of passing coupling part and bonding part setting, be used for making beverage to be delivered to the user by drinking element from drinking container.Coupling part forms liquid-tight sealing with bottleneck, for example the plastic deformation of the bottleneck of the part by coupling part and/or drinking container, for example bottleneck.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment, coupling part is flexible at least partially, is used for utilizing precompressed compression that the flexibility by coupling part produces to be bonded on drinking container split shed and/or on every side in liquid-tight mode at least basically.Such drinking element can design in very simple mode, and therefore can be with low-down cost manufacturing when making bigger quantity.The important advantage of drinking element is that the shape of bonding part is preferred, so that surrounded by customer's lip, so can drink more easily.Also reduced the risk that liquid flows out from liquid container in undesirable mode.Another advantage is to reduce the possibility that undesirable material enters liquid container.Dirt or insect can remain on the outside of drinking container by drinking element, and the third party are augmented without being noticed add material (for example medicine or excitor substance) the quite difficulty that becomes by this drinking element.Another advantage of drinking element is that customer's lip does not need to contact drinking container; This is health more, because usually the outside of drinking container is not necessarily cleaned.Another advantage is that drinking element can take care of one's teeth and the contacting of drinking container (undesirable).By this way, drinking element can be protected (" buffering ") customer's tooth.

In preferred variant, the coupling part of drinking element is provided with the insertion portion that has towards outer flexible mating surfaces, makes that insertion portion is designed to engage at opening inner and in drinking container.Such drinking element is particularly suitable for being placed in the opening of drinking container.For example, can expect being placed in the bottleneck here or the drinking element in the opening of listening.Advantage is that the outside of drinking container keeps visual complete.This is a particular importance in the situation that the outward appearance of drinking container plays an important role.Insert drinking element and be that to another advantage in the opening of drinking container the observability of the drinking element under the insertion state is very limited.

In the different preferred variant according to drinking element of the present invention, coupling part is provided with the sleeve part, and the flexible mating surfaces that it has towards the lining makes the sleeve part be designed to externally the edge joint with opening in drinking container.Such drinking element can externally engage with for example bottleneck, separates bottleneck then, make its not with customer's lip and undesirably contacting of tooth.This sleeve part for example is provided with screw thread, is used to engage the screw thread on the bottleneck.

When coupling part is provided with such mating surfaces, wherein on different positions, be set at different sizes in the distance between the mating surfaces opposite side, the independent neck of bottle just can cooperate with the drinking container of the beverage opening that has very various size.Drink for convenient, preferably the bonding part keeps shape at least basically.But, can expect also that under special circumstances opposite, the bonding part is designed to have very high flexibility.

In another variant embodiment, drinking element is provided with vent, its is arranged between bonding part and the coupling part at the ventilation orifice in the drinking element outside, so under drinking element and operational circumstances that drinking container and user's lip all cooperates, ventilation orifice keeps clear.Because ventilate, during drinking, air can be supplied in the drinking container, thus the less pressure restraining that the outflow of liquid can not set up in the drinking container, or the degree that is suppressed is less.In order to prevent that beverage from passing through this vent and flowing out, vent can be provided with valve.

Drinking element can be manufactured in very simple mode, for example utilizes jet molding.This is manufactured among the independent formation variant embodiment partly at drinking element is particularly advantageous.Therefore, by a jet molding operation, can produce finished product.

In another different variant embodiment, drinking element is provided with sealing arrangement.For example can consider to surround the cover of bonding part here or be placed or move to sealing member in the passage.By the sealing device, drinking container can be sealed when having a drink when drinking element is not used in.Its special variant comprises that drinking element was provided with the sealing member under can dismantling before using from drinking element.For example, under untapped situation before, packing element can be provided with sealing member, and it can be removed (break, cut away) and not replaceable.Therefore, directly be provided for the indication piece that whether was used before drinking element is shown.A different form of sealing arrangement comprises the displaceable layers (for example lamella) of material.Layer like this can optionally be attached on the side (for example be attached to coupling part, be attached to the bonding part or be attached in the passage).The possible mode that is used for fixing material layer for example is gummed, ultrasonic welding, heating.In order to remove material layer simply, this can be provided with bonding part (for example outstanding antelabium).Also can make packing element form the part of the removable lid (shell) that surrounds drinking element.Here, can consider more or less traditional or lid screwed, that be provided with the sealing member that cooperates with drinking element.

When drinking element is provided with advertisement, can seek with drinking container on the getting in touch of advertisement.Same possible be, drinking container is provided free by the advertiser, and perhaps drinking container can be used as the customer and is used as the article that reward voucher uses.

In particularly preferred variant, the bonding part of drinking element can be moved between serviceability and store status with respect to coupling part, wherein under serviceability the bonding part be projected into the outside of coupling part and under store status the bonding part at least in part connected part center on.Therefore, when being not used in when drinking, drinking element can store (folding) drinking element.Therefore, drinking element only takies limited space between storage and delivery period.Drinking element can be placed in the drinking container of conventional seals equally; For example be placed in the bottleneck, bottleneck is by lid or waveform sealing of lid for screw thread.

In order to provide this functional, coupling part is connected in the bonding part under the situation that transition portion inserts equally.For this reason, transition portion can be made by deformable material, such as thin-walled plastic.Therefore, the relative motion of coupling part and bonding part compensation simply by the distortion of transition portion.

In special variant, the bonding part can be placed under the state of storage under precompressed compression.By the protective device (for example (screw thread) lid of thin slice or (waveform) lid) of lid, the bonding part can be fixed under the store status.After removing such lid, because therefore precompressed compression does not need further operation, the bonding part will move to serviceability from store status.Therefore, drinking element " automatically " becomes the state of drinking.Therefore, move back to store status in undesirable mode from serviceability in order to prevent the bonding part, serviceability is preferably stable.By this way, reduce the risk that sink suddenly in the bonding part during drinking.It should be noted that if apply enough big power, the steady state operation of drinking element can turn back to store status again.In best situation, the power that is applied to that end will be greater than the power that applies along equidirectional between the drinking element used life.

Alternative as above-mentioned variant embodiment, the bonding part also can have stable store status.In this case, apply power so that it is inverted to serviceability from store status.This can be for example but is not only to finish by cover element is incorporated into the bonding part.When removing cladding element, power can be passed to the bonding part, and therefore it can move to serviceability.Such example is that threaded cap is incorporated into the bonding part; When removing threaded cap, the bonding part will be dragged together becomes serviceability.Another may be that thin slice is provided on the bonding part.When drawing back when bonding sheet and with it, the bonding part can move to serviceability equally.This draws back and be pulled away from by outshot is set on thin slice further simplifies.

The invention still further relates to drinking element according to claim 18.

By the drinking element according to claim 18, drinking element can be arranged in the opening of drinking container and/or the top, and the lid that is used for the sealing drink container is connected in drinking element.Therefore, they can jointly be provided with, this commercial be favourable.And, therefore can simplify manufacturing.

Lid and drinking element can removably be connected to each other, so when opening drinking container, lid can be removed and drinking element can use individually.But, also can keep lid to be connected in drinking element, so prevent the lid forfeiture.And, can prevent contaminated environment like this.

Preferably, lid is the lid that can be arranged on the bottleneck top, such as known threaded cap.Usually supporting end wall in such lid is provided with quite soft plastic components, and this element is guaranteed the tight seal to bottle when lid rotates on the bottleneck.In an advantageous embodiments of the present invention, drinking element forms with this element, so it can be connected in lid.In first preferred embodiment, when removing lid, drinking element can discharge from this element, for example by breaking connection element, tear line or analogue.In another embodiment, this element is extracted from lid and is kept being connected in drinking element.

The invention still further relates to a kind of method of sealing drinking container.Especially, the present invention is provided for the method for sealing bottles.According to the present invention, a kind of like this method is characterised in that the feature of claim 23.

By such method, can obtain following advantage in simple mode, drinking element is wholesomely covered, and as long as bottle is closed it with regard to the protected manipulation that is not subjected to the outside.And drinking element can unexpectedly not unclamp from bottle, just can not as long as lid is set at least.

In first embodiment, drinking element is set in first step and in second step, lid is set.As alternative, these two steps also can be carried out simultaneously, when lid and drinking element preferably are connected to each other, perhaps interosculate before placing.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment, when placing lid, drinking element is pressed in the drinking container at least in part, especially when partly being out of shape.For example, drinking element can be placed in the opening, and the bonding part extends to the outside of this opening and the outside of drinking container at least in part, thereby when lid was placed, the described part of bonding part was pressed onto in the drinking container always.Preferably, be provided with the crushed element of energy elastic deformation then, so drinking element is compressed against on the inboard of lid under precompressed compression.When removing lid, the above-mentioned part of bonding part will push back the position that part extends to the drinking container outside so.

Preferably, as mentioned above, drinking element is fixed in the opening by the distortion of at least a portion of drinking element and/or drinking container.

And, the present invention relates to a kind of equipment of the equipment that is used to seal drinking container, particularly sealing bottles, it is characterized in that the feature of claim 28.

By such equipment, the simple mode of drinking container at high speed is provided with drinking element and then is closed in its opening, and drinking element separates and prevents with the mode of health and outside to be handled.

Equipment is designed to place continuously and simultaneously drinking element and lid like this.

In meaning more generally, the invention still further relates to the equipment that is used for particularly will drinking element according to the present invention being placed on bottleneck and/or bottleneck top with automated manner.

The invention still further relates to a kind of drinking container, particularly be provided with bottle, preferably be provided with according to drinking element of the present invention and lid according to drinking element of the present invention, and/or by the method according to this invention or equipment osed top drinking container.

Description of drawings

With reference to further illustrating the present invention in the unrestriced exemplary embodiments shown in the following accompanying drawing.In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1A illustrates the transparent view according to the first variant embodiment of drinking element of the present invention;

Figure 1B illustrates the cutaway view that is passed in the drinking element shown in Figure 1A;

The first variant embodiment that Fig. 1 C illustrates drinking element is equipped with the transparent view of another air channel;

Fig. 1 D illustrates the cutaway view that is passed in the drinking element shown in Fig. 1 C;

Fig. 1 E illustrates and passes the cutaway view with drinking element shown in the Figure 1A that adapts to shape a little;

Fig. 1 F illustrates the birds-eye view that is used for according to the valve body of drinking element of the present invention;

Fig. 2 A illustrates the transparent view according to the second variant embodiment of drinking element of the present invention;

Fig. 2 B illustrates the cutaway view that is passed in the drinking element shown in Fig. 2 A;

Fig. 3 A illustrates the transparent view according to the 3rd variant embodiment of drinking element of the present invention;

Fig. 3 B illustrates the cutaway view that is passed in the drinking element shown in Fig. 3 A;

Fig. 3 C illustrates according to the drinking element of Fig. 3 A and the 3B transparent view under the neck mated condition of it and bottle;

Fig. 4 A illustrates the transparent view according to the 4th variant embodiment of drinking element of the present invention;

Fig. 4 B illustrates the cutaway view that is passed in the drinking element shown in Fig. 4 A;

Fig. 5 A illustrates the cutaway view according to drinking element the 5th variant embodiment of the present invention that is passed under the store status;

Fig. 5 B illustrates the cutaway view of the drinking element of Fig. 5 A that is passed under the serviceability;

Fig. 6 A illustrates the cutaway view according to the 6th variant embodiment of drinking element of the present invention that is passed under the store status;

Fig. 6 B illustrates the cutaway view of the drinking element of Fig. 6 A that is passed under the serviceability;

Fig. 7 A illustrates the cutaway view according to the 7th variant embodiment of drinking element of the present invention that is passed under the store status;

Fig. 7 B illustrates the cutaway view of the drinking element of Fig. 7 A that is passed under the serviceability;

Fig. 7 C is illustrated in circle part among Fig. 7 B with the birds-eye view of observing from above;

Fig. 8 A illustrates the cutaway view according to the 8th variant embodiment of drinking element of the present invention that is passed under the store status;

Fig. 8 B illustrates the cutaway view of the drinking element of Fig. 8 A that is passed under the serviceability;

Fig. 9 illustrates the embodiment that is similar to according to Fig. 8, the cutaway view with the drinking element that adapts to shape a little;

Figure 10 A illustrates the cutaway view according to the 9th variant embodiment of drinking element of the present invention that is passed under the store status;

Figure 10 B illustrates the cutaway view of the drinking element of Figure 10 A that is passed under the serviceability;

Figure 11 A-E illustrates the tenth variant embodiment according to drinking element of the present invention;

Figure 12 schematically shows the equipment that is used for drinking element is placed bottle; And

Figure 13 illustrates the transparent view according to drinking element of the present invention and lid.

The specific embodiment

In this manual, identical or corresponding part has identical or corresponding Reference numeral.Shown in each embodiment in, drinking container is depicted as the plastic bottle such as the beverage bottle of the blowing of being made by PET, drinking element according to the present invention can be used on this drinking container.But, be clear that fully also and can use dissimilar drinking container, for example make by different materials and/or have difform.As fixed form, each all illustrates screw thread at bottleneck.But, also can select different fixed forms in the present invention certainly.

Figure 1A illustrates drinking element 1, the bonding part 3 that it has coupling part 2 and is used for the mouth of user's (not shown).Coupling part 2 has the contact side 4 of a plurality of different-diameters, so coupling part 2 can cooperate with the opening of different size.Between bonding part 3 and coupling part 2, be provided with and separate edge 5, prevent that drinking element is sliding too deeply in opening, and this edge 5 prevents that also the user of drinking element 1 from touching liquid container.For drinking element 1 being fixed on better in the opening of drinking container, the contact side 4 of coupling part 2 is flexible, at least to limited degree.As more being clear that in Figure 1B, drinking element 1 also is provided with centre gangway opening 6, and it terminates in the drinking in the opening 7 an of side of bonding part 3.Drinking opening 7 can at random design and make suction pipe to be inserted into or to be clamped by it by it.

Fig. 1 C and 1D illustrate drinking element 1, but are provided with other ventilation slot 30 now, and it is at one end gone up by opening 31 and bonding part 3 and couples together, and is provided with opening 32 on the opposite end, this opening terminate in contact side 4 below.In order to strengthen the effect of ventilation slot 30, opening 32 is provided with lowlyer than the aperture position of access portal 6 in contact side 4.

At drinking element 1 shown in Fig. 1 E, it is the same with drinking element among Figure 1A and the 1B to a great extent.But, below drinking element 1, be provided with film 40 here, its with liquid-tight mode be connected access portal 6 below.This film 40 (Fig. 1 F) is provided with opening 41, for example slit-shaped or criss cross opening, this opening in the inoperative position elasticity by film sealed, this film is for example by making such as the elastomer plastic of silicon or rubber.This film 40 is as valve body.When not working, such as the content of bottles such as fizz will be by closing subsequently film 40, opening 41 comes with environmental insulation at least.Therefore, prevent that for example carbon dioxide is too easily overflowed from beverage.And, prevented leakage better.If inhale drinking element or squeeze bottle, opening 41 will slightly be opened and beverage can be drunk.Certainly, suction pipe or analogue also can pass opening 41.

In this embodiment, provide the example of gas evolution device 42.Be equipped with carbonated beverage for example the carbonated beverage the bottle in, may in bottle, accumulate excessive pressure, particularly before it is opened for the first time.In drinking element 1 according to Fig. 1 E, be provided with at least one slit-shaped recess 43, it extends below edge 5 along contact side 4 in the outside face of coupling part 2.During use, when edge 5 during fully in abutting connection with bottleneck, depression 43 since elastic deformation sealed fully.But, if the pressure in bottle is higher than expection, then gas by slightly compressed edge 5 away from bottleneck, make the material deformation at edge 5 at least and can overflow, so gas can pass this depression by depression.Certainly, several such depressions 43 can be set, perhaps can design effusion device 42 in a different manner,, thereby drinking element can not extruded from bottle as long as it allows to emit fast excess pressure.

Fig. 2 A and 2B illustrate the drinking element 8 that has coupling part 9 and bonding part 10.Coupling part 9 is provided with three flexible herniated disks 11, is used for engaging with the opening of different-diameter.Pass drinking element 8 and form openings 12, a side of 10 ends at and drinks opening 13 in the bonding part for it.Vent window 14 has been set in drinking element 8 equally, wherein has been provided with valve 15.Between the used life of drinking element 8, ventilation slot 14 keeps unimpeded, so air can flow in the opening 12 by valve 15.

Fig. 3 A-3C illustrates the coupling part 17 with circular cone and the drinking element 16 of bonding part 18.Between coupling part 17 and bonding part 18, be provided with strengthening rib 19 to increase the steadiness of drinking element 16.But what should guarantee is that cylindrical-conical coupling part keeps flexibility, at least to a certain extent.Drinking element 16 also is provided with and has the central aisle 20 of drinking opening 21.Fig. 3 C illustrates and is fixed to the drinking element under the state 16 in the bottleneck 22.Except the shape of the drinking element 16 that illustrates, also can in the junction of coupling part 17 and bonding part downside, one or more openings be set.Unshowned such opening can be as the ventilation orifice that is used for supplying air to the drinking container that is connected with improved drinking element 16.Therefore by the supply air, prevent the distortion that the pressure that significantly reduces in drinking container causes during beverage is cited; Replenish air is to the volume of the beverage that takes out from drinking container.

Fig. 4 A and 4B illustrate the drinking element 23 that has coupling part 24 and bonding part 25.Pass coupling part 24 and form ventilation slots 26, on the side of drinking element 23 away from bonding part 25, it ends at the position lower than passage 28 by passage 27, and passage 28 is used to make beverage to pass through.Such structure makes drinking element 23 allow better circulation.

Fig. 5 A is illustrated in the drinking element 50 in the store status, and bonding part 51 connected parts 52 are surrounded.By inserting (flexibility) transition portion 53, bonding part 51 is connected in coupling part 52.Coupling part engages with bottleneck 54, and this bottleneck is provided with outside thread 55, and it is provided with threaded cap 56.Because the existence of threaded cap 56, bonding part 51 inwardly is pressed into (in the bottleneck 54).After removing threaded cap 56, form the situation as shown in Fig. 5 B.Because by the precompressed compression that transition portion 53 produces, bonding part 51 is outwards promptly promoted to mode of operation, on the go bonding part 51 is connected part 52 and/or bottleneck 54 encirclements not.State at the drinking element shown in Fig. 5 A is stable; By the resistance of cancellation threaded cap 56, drinking element 50 presents stable state of equilibrium.

Below edge 52 and flexible portion 53, be provided with groove 43 as gas evolution device 42.Under the situation that drinking element 50 does not lift, can eliminate excess pressure by it from bottleneck.

And, should notice here that for desirable sealing threaded cap 56 and bonding part can additionally be provided with the connecting device (for example sun/the moon) of form closure.

Fig. 6 A is illustrated in the drinking element 60 under the store status, and bonding part 61 connected parts 62 are surrounded in this state.By inserting (flexibility) transition portion 63, bonding part 61 is connected in coupling part 62.Coupling part engages bottleneck 64.Be different from Fig. 5 A and 5B, transition portion 63 has the stabilized conditions of two balances.Under first (storage) state of drinking element 60, bonding part 61 connected parts 62 are surrounded (being stored in the bottleneck 64).In order to seal drinking element 60, the passage 65 that passes bonding part 61 covers by thin slice (foil) material 66.In order to engage, sheet segment 66 is provided with antelabium 67.When upwards the power of (in the drawings) was applied to bonding part 61 (for example by drawing antelabium 67), drinking element 60 can be directed into the second stable state of equilibrium.This state is shown in Fig. 6 B.Can be clear that bonding part 61 is projected into the outside of bottleneck 64 and coupling part 62 now.But,, sheet segment 66 should be removed from passage 65 in order to drink.

Fig. 7 A and B illustrate the drinking element 50 of the drinking element that is equivalent to Fig. 5, but this drinking element 50 is provided with sleeve 57, it closes part 51 with concentric mode solderless wrapped connection in the illustrated embodiment and extends, and it is provided with in the inboard and is used for the screw thread 58 that cooperates with screw thread 55 on bottleneck 54.Therefore, drinking element can rotate to and carry out liquid-tight sealing on the neck 54.The outside of sleeve 57 is provided with outside thread 59, and lid 56 can revolve thereon.For sealing better, edge 52 can pass through lid elastic deformation slightly.Preferably, the top of screw thread 55 dwindles slightly, so that be extended to the bottom of the screw thread 55 on the bottleneck at the outside thread on the sleeve 59.In this embodiment, can obtain following advantage, drinking element 50 remains on the bottle in the leak free mode definitely and is installed in below traditional lid.

In Fig. 7 B,, gas evolution device 42 is shown with the form of slit-shaped recess 43 in the upper right side.Fig. 7 C is illustrated in circle part among Fig. 7 B with the birds-eye view of observing from above.Be clear that depression 43 extension in edge 52.Preferably, edge 52 has elasticity slightly, so if lid 56 revolves thereon, this caves in 43 sealed.Therefore, obtained the air tight sealing.When opening bottle, lid 56 will be from the edge 52 be removed, and 43 is released and gas can be simply through this depression 43 and the effusion of the groove in screw thread 55,59 so cave in.Hereinafter will further describe these grooves with reference to figure 11E, such groove is arranged in such plastics bottleneck usually, is used for keeping them between manufacturing and/or exhaust cycle.

Fig. 8 A and 8B illustrate another embodiment of the drinking element 60 that has lid 56, and drinking element 60 is substantially similar to the drinking element according to Fig. 6.In this embodiment, lid 56 is connected in sheet segment 66, so lid and drinking element are connected to each other and can be arranged on the bottle quickly.When removing lid 56, sheet segment 66 rises with passage 65, as shown in Fig. 8 B.Therefore, when removing lid, device is ready to immediately, and especially when removing lid or it is outwarded winding, sheeting is ripped from passage 65.This can take place, and for example is because lid is upwards extracted or be fastened on bottleneck 64 interior can not rotations because of drinking element, so lid can rotate with respect to it.

Fig. 9 illustrates another embodiment that similarly has the drinking element of lid 56 with Fig. 8, but sheet segment 66 extends in the groove 68 in lid 56.Therefore, lid 56 can be with respect to sheet segment 66 rotation and sheet segment 66 is not ripped from drinking element 60.

In Figure 10 A and B, another embodiment that has the drinking element of lid 56 according to of the present invention is shown, similar in itself and Fig. 8 and 9, lid 56 is set to flap cover 69, and it is connected in sleeve 57 pivotly.Sheet segment 66 longitudinally edge 66A is connected near the middle part of lid 69.As indicated above, sheet segment 66 seal channels 65, and can for example manufacture one with drinking element 60.Sleeve 57 can be spun on the neck 64, but also can fix in a different manner.When opening flap cover 69, sheet segment 66 moves up with passage 65.Therefore, sheet segment can be ripped from passage 65 and/or lid 69, and bonding part 61 is released to be used.When closure cap 69, drinking element can be pushed back in the neck.

The schematically illustrated drinking element 1 that is similar to according to the drinking element of Fig. 1 of Figure 11, but it is provided with sleeve 57, its inboard is provided with screw thread 58 and the outside is provided with screw thread 59, and example is as shown in FIG. 7 and describe.Passage 43 as gas evolution device 42 passes element 1 extension.As seen in Figure 11 B, it just in time stops above edge 5.Mode with biopsy cavity marker devices in Figure 11 C illustrates the lid 56 that is provided with tamper-evident ring 70.The inboard of lid 56 is provided with shoulder 71, its when lid 56 is arranged on the drinking element 1 and edge 5 join, thereby seal channel 43.Therefore, when uncover, this passage is released and gas can be overflowed.In Figure 11 D, the downside that drinking element 1 is shown is provided with a series of ribs 72, and it can be bonded in the vertical groove 73 that passes screw thread on the bottleneck, as shown in Figure 11 E.Such groove 73 is present in the bottleneck usually, such as the bottle of PET bottle or dissimilar beverage bottles, particularly plastic blown.These ribs 72 so form, and make drinking element to be tightened onto on the neck simply, but are held by groove 73 on release direction.Like this, acquisition is simply fastening.At top surface, lid 56 is provided with cavity 47, thereby it compatibly is installed in sealed open 6 on the free end of bonding part 4.

Figure 12 schematically shows equipment 80, is used for according to the present invention drinking element 1,50,60 and lid 56 being installed to a bottle F.In the illustrated embodiment, equipment 80 comprises and is used to keep bottle to keep and/or move holding device 81 on the equipment of bottle in conveyer belt, carousel or such being used to.In first station 83, setting device 84 is used for drinking device 1,50,60 is arranged on neck and/or the top of bottle F.These devices for example comprise: clip 85, and drinking device can be sandwiched in wherein; With mobile device 86, be used for drinking device is moved (arrow K1) to bottle F.In second station 87, comprise device 88, be used for lid 56 is arranged on the top of drinking device and/or bottle F neck.These devices 88 for example comprise: clip 89, and lid 56 can be sandwiched in wherein; With mobile device 90, be used for that lid moved to a bottle F (arrow K2) and lid screwed (arrow K3).Therefore, have drinking device and lid the bottle can discharge along direction P.

Be apparent that if for example be integrated according to Fig. 8,9 or 10 drinking devices and lid, they can for example be provided with in first station 83 simultaneously so.Equally, drinking device and lid can at first be combined and therefore be set on the bottle in station 83 or 87.

Can be designed to known itself being used for basically according to equipment 80 of the present invention lid is arranged on equipment on the bottle, be also referred to as capping machine usually.In addition, when drinking device and lid are separated to be provided with, should increase another station 83 so.Otherwise, can use existing equipment, increase the pre-assembly equipment that is used for lid and drinking device simultaneously, and/or manufacturing is suitable for for example according to Fig. 8, the lids of 9 or 10 combinations and the equipment of drinking device.

Figure 13 illustrates the transparent view that has the drinking device 1 of lid 56 according to of the present invention.Can clearly be seen that the smooth surface of drinking device, make its very health.But, certainly use different shape and fine limit work.In this embodiment, drinking device can be pressed in the lid 56, and for example by for example be provided with depression on the inboard of lid 56, it is sandwiched in the opening 7 of drinking device 1, is used for it is sealed up.Lid and drinking device can and be set together by pre-assy then.Certainly in lid, also other devices can be set, be used for drinking element being remained on lid at least temporarily.The variant here for example can be pressed in the opening of bottle, and lid can be fixed on the screw thread of bottleneck simultaneously.

When the top side at least of lid and drinking device can be fashionable, for example groove or analogue can be arranged in one or two contact surface between lid and the drinking device, if lid is risen from drinking device slightly, then these grooves are released, thereby form the gas evolution device.Can know this usage of groove from the bottle that is used for fizz.

Certainly, have according to drinking device of the present invention, different parts can be selected any color.Equally, different colors can be used for different parts, such as drinking element and lid.For example, same, in having the big measuring bottle of such drinking element, the drinking element of smallest number can adopt the color different with other.Find that one customer in the drinking element of these different colours for example can obtain award.Equally, for drinking element, for example can use thermal plastic or under the influence of light or moisture painted plastics, or fragrant plastics or analogue.Drinking element for example can be arranged to luminous in the dark.Different marketings utilizations for these and similar variant are very clearly to ability in technical personnel.

Can have extendible joint element 4 according to drinking device of the present invention, that for example stretch or folding, therefore help engaging with lip.For example joint element can be designed as suction pipe and the situation lower slider that can close at bottle in bottle.Equally, a plurality of access portal 6 can be provided with abreast.

For example also can be arranged on regularly according to drinking device of the present invention on the neck of bottle, the outside of bonding part 3,10,25,51,61 is provided with screw thread or analogue simultaneously, and lid 56 is thereon fastening, so it can not extruded by gaseous tension.

Equally also can design gas evolution device 42 in the mode that is different from the depression 43 shown in Fig. 1 D, 5,7 or 11.For example, as shown in FIG. 6, passage 43 can be arranged in the flexible portion 63, and joining and guarantee with air tight mode and edge 52 as lid seals.When removing lid, the groove 73 that passage will be released and gas can preferably pass through as shown in Figure 11 that leads to atmosphere is overflowed.

Shown in each embodiment in, film 40 or such protective device can be set, be used to prevent the accidental release of beverage, the unexpected exhaust of beverage and/or beverage are by accidental operation.

The present invention is limited to the illustrative examples shown in explanation and the accompanying drawing never in any form.Wherein a plurality of variants can be included in the framework of the invention of summarizing as claim.

Certainly, drinking element also can form the integration section of drinking container, particularly bottle plastic bottle for example.For example, the basic configuration of bottle can injected molding and is had drinking device as integration section, thus basic configuration also by blowing to form bottle.

Drinking element for example can be arranged in the opening of bottle or top and pass through sealing of lid in a different manner.And, also can make in a different manner, for example with 2K jet molding technology, so relatively hard and/or rigidity and relative softer and/or flexible part can be provided with in an operation.It also can be made up of a plurality of parts.Certainly, can be independent or complete according to drinking element of the present invention or be set to sale with bottle.Should be appreciated that, described in the accompanying drawings and/or shown in any combination of part of embodiment all drop in the scope of summarizing as claims of the present invention.

Claims (35)

1. one kind has the drinking element that is used for the passage that cooperates with drinking container, comprising:

Coupling part is used for engaging the opening of drinking container;

The bonding part spaced apart with coupling part, size so are provided with so that surrounded by user's lip; And

Pass the access portal of coupling part and bonding part, be used for transmitting beverage from drinking container to the user, wherein by drinking element

Coupling part is designed to be fastened in the opening of drinking container or the top, between drinking element and drinking container, form liquid-tight sealing simultaneously, described drinking element keeps shape basically and has stable serviceability, and have from described coupling part and extend to the continuous exterior surface basically of drinking opening, described outside face forms described bonding part.

2. drinking element as claimed in claim 1, wherein coupling part is a partially flexible, be used for precompressed compression that the elasticity by coupling part produces engages drinking container in liquid-tight mode at least basically opening, and coupling part is provided with the insertion portion that has towards outer flexible mating surfaces, makes that insertion portion is designed to engage at opening inner and in drinking container.

3. drinking element as claimed in claim 1, wherein coupling part is provided with the sleeve part, and it has towards interior flexible mating surfaces, makes the sleeve part be designed to externally and edge joint around the drinking container split shed.

4. each described drinking element in the claim as described above, wherein coupling part is provided with mating surfaces, is set at different sizes in the distance between the mating surfaces opposite side on different positions.

5. as each described drinking element among the claim 1-3, wherein the bonding part keeps shape at least basically.

6. as each described drinking element among the claim 1-3, wherein drinking element is provided with vent, the opening of this vent outside drinking element is arranged between bonding part and the coupling part, so under drinking element and serviceability that drinking container and user's lip all cooperates, ventilation orifice keeps clear.

7. drinking element as claimed in claim 6, wherein vent is provided with valve.

8. as each described drinking element among the claim 1-3, wherein drinking element is manufactured to an independent component part.

9. as each described drinking element among the claim 1-3, wherein drinking element is provided with sealing arrangement.

10. as each described drinking element among the claim 1-3, wherein drinking element was provided with the sealing member that can pull down from drinking element before using.

11. as each described drinking element among the claim 1-3, wherein drinking element is provided with advertisement.

12. as each described drinking element among the claim 1-3, wherein the bonding part can be moved between serviceability and store status with respect to coupling part, wherein the bonding part is projected into the outside of coupling part under serviceability, under store status the bonding part at least in part connected part center on.

13. as each described drinking element among the claim 1-3, wherein coupling part is joined with the bonding part under the situation that transition portion inserts.

14. drinking element as claimed in claim 13, wherein transition portion is made by deformable material.

15. drinking element as claimed in claim 12, wherein the bonding part can be placed under the store status.

16. drinking element as claimed in claim 12, wherein the bonding part has stable serviceability.

17. drinking element as claimed in claim 12, wherein the bonding part has stable store status.

18. one kind has the drinking element that is used for the passage that cooperates with drinking container, wherein drinking element be provided be used on the opening of drinking container or above the coupling part that engages, and the bonding part spaced apart with coupling part, its size so designs so that surrounded by user's lip, and passage that passes the drinking element extension, wherein the bonding part is designed to cooperate with lid, and described drinking element keeps shape basically and has stable serviceability, and have from described coupling part and extend to the continuous exterior surface basically of drinking opening, described outside face forms described bonding part.

19. drinking element as claimed in claim 18, wherein said bonding part is connected in the lid that is used for the sealing drink container.

20. drinking element as claimed in claim 18, the shirt rim that wherein said lid is provided with end wall and extends out from it, this shirt rim is suitable for surrounding the neck of drinking container, and wherein the bonding part of drinking element is provided with first end that is connected in described lid, is adjacent to described end wall.

21. drinking element as claimed in claim 20, wherein first end is provided with flange, and this flange extends along described end wall at least in part.

22. drinking element as claimed in claim 21, wherein said flange reach described shirt rim near, so with the closed with covers drinking container time, this flange remains between end wall and the drinking container, so that tight seal.

23. as each described drinking element among the claim 18-22, wherein lid removably is connected in drinking element by the mode of tearing and/or the mode of breaking.

24. method that is used to seal the bottle that is provided with the neck that limits opening, wherein in opening or above be provided with drinking element, this drinking element comprises access portal, and lid is arranged on described drinking element top, make the environment of drinking element and bottle separate and be limited in the neck or on, described drinking element keeps shape basically and has stable serviceability, and have from described coupling part and extend to the continuous exterior surface basically of drinking opening, described outside face forms described bonding part.

25. as the method for claim 24, wherein in first step drinking element be arranged in the opening or above, and described lid is set in second step.

26. as the method for claim 24 or 25, drinking container and lid are set wherein, they are connected to each other and jointly are placed in the described opening or top.

27. as claim 24 or 25 described methods, wherein between the resting period of lid, drinking element is pressed in the opening at least in part, make a part of elastic deformation of drinking element simultaneously, this layout is such, makes that the part of drinking element can extract or shift out from described opening when lid is removed, this part is released to the outside of described drinking container, is used for engaging with the user.

28. as claim 24 or 25 described methods, wherein drinking element is connected in the described opening by the part of drinking element and/or the elastic deformation of drinking container at least.

29. this equipment of equipment that is used to seal beverage container opening comprises:

The device that keeps drinking container;

Place drinking element in the opening of drinking container and/or above device;

By lid being set above described opening, and, seal the device of drinking container at least partially in described drinking element top.

30. equipment as claimed in claim 29, wherein said opening is limited by bottleneck.

31. equipment as claimed in claim 29, wherein said device are designed to place continuously drinking element and lid.

32. as each described equipment among the claim 29-31, wherein said device was designed between the resting period of lid, by the elastic deformation of a drinking element part, lid is pressed in the drinking container at least in part, and be in its part at least.

33. one kind is used for and will is placed in the bottleneck as each described drinking element of claim 1-23 and/or the equipment of top.

34. a drinking container, its be provided with in the opening of drinking container and/or above as each described drinking element among the claim 1-22.

35. drinking container as claimed in claim 34, wherein said drinking container is a bottle.

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