CN105849004A

CN105849004A - Lid for drinking vessel

Info

Publication number: CN105849004A
Application number: CN201480056656.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: M·J·伊莱亚斯; D·M·萨夫加
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2013-10-15
Filing date: 2014-10-15
Publication date: 2016-08-10
Also published as: AU2014336211B2; WO2015055740A1; US20160244214A1; EP2862810B1; EP2862810A1; JP2016537266A; AU2014336211A1; ES2725792T3

Abstract

A drink through lid attachable to beverage cup by a drinking lip (A), such that a topside of the drinking lip (A) extends about and abuts an outer surface of the cup and an underside of the drinking lip (A) extends about and abuts an inner surface of the cup.

Description

Lid for drinking container

Technical field

The present invention relates to the lid for drinking container, and particularly relate to have on cup and described cup The drinking container of beverage fairing cap (drink-through lid).Receive much concern is the lid for disposable cup Son.Disposable cup is the most such as from shop, flight, the public field such as such as theater, cinema, stadium Beverage sales it is used in Suo.Described beverage may often be such that tea or coffee.Generally, described cup is designed as Take-away formula sanitary cup, lid is used for stoping liquid to overflow when carrying.

Background technology

There is the most eurypalynous drinking container.These comprise the container being designed for various purpose, bag It is contained on lid and there is spout or nozzle and the container of liquid to be drunk must be aspirated via it.These a little cloth Put and generally use especially to avoid overflowing in infant cup.

These a little layouts usually need further exist for user and extrude container to obtain constant liquid stream from container.Enter The situation of one step is, the liquid (such as, last several milliliters of beverages) of small size is trapped in a reservoir, because of It is more suited to large volume of liquid for the shape of spout or nozzle pass through.

Generally, utilizing this little lids, user usually can overflow beverage when drinking.Accordingly, it is desirable to provide one Plant the lid reducing the tendency that user overflows beverage when drinking.Furthermore, it is necessary to for big and the liquid of small size Body provide when drinking beverage via the constant flow of lid.

This covers generally circular shape a bit and includes the groove around its excircle so that lid can be coupled to drink Container.Generally, the upper rim portion of drinking container coordinates in the external groove of lid.Generally, lid, container Or in some cases both be elastically deformable make lid by being clamped between the surface of external groove It is fastened to the top of container.External groove is only in order to be fastened to container by lid.

Summary of the invention

The present invention provides a kind of beverage fairing cap, and it can be attached to goblet by drinking antelabium so that described Drink the top side of antelabium at the proximity of described cup and to dock with described outer surface and extend, and described The bottom side drinking antelabium and is docked with described inner surface and is extended near the inner surface of described cup.

This is favourable, because preventing from needing for the extra external groove that lid fastens goblet.It practice, Lid can be attached to goblet by the antelabium of drinking of lid.This provides the lid configuration being greatly simplified, because It is no longer needed for being fastened to lid the single external groove of cup.This produces ease of manufacture and manufacture Become the notable benefit of present aspect.

Described lid may be included in define between annular wall with inner annular wall the most outside for engaging cup The annular recess of wheel rim, it is characterised in that drinking antelabium is by the outer wall of the position converged in above wheel rim The upstanding arcuate antelabium that the raised portion of raised portion and inwall is formed, described outer wall is arranged at cup The outside of proximity engagement wheel rim, and the inner surface of described inner wall sealing ground engagement cup.

In this construction, converge thus form the raised portion of the outer wall drinking antelabium and the raised portion of inwall Between internal annular groove can't be filled by beverage, because drinking the annular recess of antelabium in cup Near surface is closed.This further means that and is trapped without residual fluid, such as such as GB 2473042 or inventor Relatively early WO 2012/104385 is occurred.During a little prior aries are arranged at this, independent wheel rim is needed to be formed Seal to prevent liquid from leaking near the peripheral edge of cup.This arranges a bit and forms the wheel rim against cup The sealing in outside.Comparatively speaking, the present invention is generally formed against cup in the position of the wheel rim less than cup The sealing of inwall.

This means to be formed and drink the inner annular wall of antelabium and flush with the inwall of cup.This means that no liquid arrives Reach the annular recess drinking in antelabium.This further means that inwall prevents any fluid from arriving between inwall and cup Space, and the annular recess defined by inwall and outer wall in particular.Thus do not exist and such as substituting cloth The residual fluid being trapped occurred in the case of putting.

Additionally, it is simple structure, wherein the wheel rim for being attached to cup also formed described in drink antelabium. This means that there is not many wheel rims layout makes not exist in which on the bottom side of lid when user drinks via lid The region that used time liquid is trapped.In prior art is arranged, liquid is by the various piece on the bottom side of lid Retaining, described various piece comprises through being formed for being attached to the annular recess of cup wheel rim, will drink antelabium It is attached to define the bridging part of the wall of annular recess, and by drinking the groove that antelabium itself is formed.All this A little liquid entrapment are eliminated by the structure of the present invention.

The bottom side of antelabium can flush with the inner surface of goblet so that when drinking above the top side of antelabium from beverage During cup pouring liquid, prevent liquid from entering the district drinking between the bottom side of antelabium and the inner surface of goblet.

This offer prevents liquid from drinking the advantage collected between the lower surface of antelabium and the medial wall of cup. Because the inner surface of the bottom side and cup of drinking antelabium flushes, thus the inner surface of the bottom side of antelabium and cup it Between there is not the liquid from cup and can enter into gap therein or storage tank region.This gap or storage tank cause When tilting cup due to user in a typical manner from cup beverage, the liquid in cup collects. This collects and causes when cup is tilted by user so that the instability of the liquid stream of cup when drinking via lid. Additionally, when the liquid of low volume is in cup, its more anti-low volumes are trapped within drinks antelabium Between lower surface and the sidewall of cup.Therefore, it allows the liquid of large volume (that is, from the fullest Cup) and liquid (that is, from the cup in substantially overhead) both constant flow of small size.Therefore, The beverage preventing remnants further remains in cup, and holding is generally trapped in the bottom table drinking antelabium by it Between face and the sidewall of cup.

The annular recess of lid can have the part increasing the degree of depth, for drinking antelabium in a sealing fashion The outer surface pairing of top side and cup and drink the bottom side of antelabium and the inner surface pairing of cup.

This is favourable, because it allows the antelabium offer permission user that drinks of lid to have a drink same via antelabium Time also allow for lip configuration and seal a lid to cup the two purposes.Therefore, there is no need in order to lid is close Envelope arrives extra outer rim or the groove of cup.The top side of antelabium and the outer surface pairing of cup and drink will be drunk The surface allowing the edge of cup to be drunk antelabium with the inner surface pairing of the bottom side of antelabium and cup " clamp " or " compress ", therefore reliable waterproof sealing is provided.The part of the described increase degree of depth allows to drink the edge, bottom side of antelabium The sidewall of the inner surface cup downwardly extends.Inner surface along sidewall extends antelabium and further provides for preferably Seal and provide stability for the lid on the top of goblet further.

Lid can include beverage water conservancy diversion space, and beverage can move back along drinking antelabium via described beverage water conservancy diversion space Go out lid.

It is favourable for position described hole making beverage can exit lid along drinking antelabium, because it allows to use Family is exited hole at it and sees liquid along drinking antelabium within the period that user's lip flows.This allows User sees the liquid volume having logged out cup, therefore prevents user from sucking in single drinking motion too much Liquid.This further overcomes needs user to draw on hole to make beverage exit cup.It also provides for For the cooling effect of hot beverage, because beverage was exposed to air by user before being sucked.It is further User provides the chance blown before the inhalation facing to beverage, removes lid without from cup.

Lid can further include at the recessed region in the top side of lid.Described recessed region can wrap further Include beverage pod apertures.

It is favourable for providing beverage pod apertures in recessed region, because its permission carries out the use drunk from cup Hole is exited and along the flowing seeing liquid when drinking antelabium flowing at liquid in family.This allows user visually Judge flow velocity and contribute to preventing from overflowing.Additionally, provide described hole to overcome in recessed region need compression Cup or depend on suction liquid just can be caused to exit via hole.

The outer rim of recessed region be flexibly connected to lid make recessed region can holding position with drink position Move between putting.

In holding position, recessed region can be angled in cup downwards, and in parked position, recessed Region is substantially parallel to the substrate of its cup being coupled to.Therefore, in holding position, recessed region carries For serving as baffle to prevent the such as advantage of by mistake overflowing liquid in the case of cup rocks.

The top side of lid can be nested in the bottom side of another lid.The top surface drinking antelabium can be nested in separately In the lower surface drinking antelabium of one lid.This provides the advantage of bigger efficiency of storage, because multiple lid Can overlie one another in the space of minimum.In the case of this storage area price markup in the most commercially available vehicle Especially advantageous.

Lid can be coupled to goblet thus form the goblet molectron of the present invention.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Figure 1A shows the beverage fairing cap of prior art.

Figure 1B shows about the details with the lid of the present invention of the seal area of beverage wall of cup.

Fig. 2 A shows the beverage fairing cap of the present invention on goblet.

Fig. 2 B show is along the cross section of the beverage fairing cap of the present invention on the goblet of section B-B.

Fig. 3 shows along the cross section of the beverage fairing cap of the present invention on the goblet of cross section C-C.

Fig. 4 shows about the details with the lid of the seal area of beverage cup wheel rim.

Fig. 5 shows about the details with the lid of the seal area of beverage wall of cup.

Fig. 6 shows about the details with the cross section of the lid of the seal area of beverage wall of cup.

Fig. 7 A shows that the beverage fairing cap of the present invention is stacked on another beverage fairing cap of the present invention.

Fig. 7 B show is stacked on another beverage of the present invention along the beverage fairing cap of the present invention of section A-A Cross section on fairing cap.

Detailed description of the invention

The present invention now be will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1A shows the beverage fairing cap of prior art.Need and drink the extra wheel rim B that antelabium A separates Thus form sealing to prevent liquid from leaking near the peripheral edge of cup.In use, residual fluid quilt It is trapped in the region being labeled as C, because drinking of goblet does not forms sealing between antelabium and wall.Figure 1B It is illustrated in the beverage fairing cap of the goblet of the present invention of the areas adjacent of the encircled being equivalent in Figure 1A 1.Lid 1 near the seal area of Figure 1B displaying and beverage wall of cup.From lid 1, do not exist and be equivalent to The outer rim of the wheel rim B in Figure 1A.Additionally, cup wheel rim 19 with provide be further described below close The mode of envelope is positioned to drink between the wall of antelabium 10.

Fig. 2 A and 2B shows the beverage fairing cap 1 of the goblet of the present invention.Lid 1 has cap body 2. Cap body 2 is single piece of plastic or other suitable material, and it is suitable by such as heat forming technology etc. Forming technology is formed as cover shape.Defining beverage pod apertures 5 (Fig. 3) in cap body 2, beverage can Exit lid 1 via described beverage pod apertures 5 to drink for when lid is on goblet 30.

Lid include the non-horizontal plane 3 drunk on side of lid, i.e. lid with the side with beverage pod apertures Relative side.Air-vent is provided in described horizontal plane.Inclined surface 4 is by the non-horizontal plane drunk on side It is connected to beverage pod apertures.

Beverage pod apertures 5 includes the region 6 that there are defined many holes 7 on lid.In hole 7 Each sufficiently large with allow via lid beverage, simultaneously stop permeate material (its in the beverage And therefore removed from beverage before beverage) pass through.The normally solid insoluble material of permeate material And be the material irrigated by hot water, such as ground coffee or Folium Camelliae sinensis often.Any conjunction of hole can be used Suitable array, and need not described array or hole has any geometry in particular.Hole need not be all Formed objects or shape.

Lid 1 also has formed therein drinks antelabium 10 (Fig. 5).Drink antelabium 10 relative to lid Main body raises and includes the most upright wall, i.e. top side outer wall 11, bottom side outer wall 12, top side inwall 13 and Bottom side inwall 14.Drink antelabium 10 to be formed at top side inwall 13 and top side outer wall 11 and meet part.With lid All further features the same, drink antelabium 10 and form with lid 1.Drink antelabium and there is about 0.6mm Width, such as it can have the width of 0.67mm.In another embodiment, drink antelabium 10 to have about The width of 1mm, such as it can have the width of 1.04mm.The bottom side outer wall 12 of lid and bottom side inwall 14 is invisible when lid is placed on goblet 30.

For via lid 1 beverage, its lip is placed on lid and makes its face at antelabium 10 by user Near and suck liquid via hole 5.When cup is retained in parked position, pass around the water of cup Flat axle tilts cup and beverage will be allowed to pass beverage pod apertures, and makes along top side inwall 13 towards antelabium 10 Obtain user and can see described beverage after the already out hole of beverage 5 and before beverage arrives antelabium 10.This Arrange and extremely cater to the need, because it greatly reduces the tendency that user makes beverage overflow.In particular, because of Beverage can be seen and see beverage surface in particular, so it is little when beverage flows out lid 1 for user It may be made to overflow.

Desirably and as shown in embodiment, beverage hole is formed at the foreign steamer relative to lid of lid 1 Edge 9 and drinking in the antelabium 10 region at lower position.This increase can be used for the fluid bed of formation liquid Region and therefore make liquid stream the most visually become apparent from.In one embodiment, beverage hole is less than Drinking antelabium 10 about 35mm, such as it can be less than drinking antelabium 35.03mm.

Bottom side 15 (that is, the sightless side when on the top being placed on goblet of the lid) bag of lid Include the groove 16 of the circumference around lid.Groove 16 is shallower in the part that antelabium is farthest and by drinking away from drinking In the part of bottom side outer wall 12 restriction drinking antelabium, there is the deep of increase with the bottom side inwall 14 of antelabium 10 Degree.When being placed on goblet 30, circumferential groove 16 works to promote the top being coupled to cup. Groove 16 is formed in shallow portion by two inner surfacies 17,18 of lid and is coordinated on the top of goblet 30 Raising around wheel rim 19 thus form the cooperation that side supports is provided in portion.Upper surface 20 provides vertical Support.This is to be formed at the non-of lid to drink side (that is, the side relative with drinking antelabium (Fig. 4) of lid) On cooperation.Drink on side (that is, have drink the side of antelabium 10 (Fig. 5)) at lid, groove 16 degree of depth with increase and be formed at the bottom side inwall 14 drinking antelabium 10 and the bottom side outer wall drinking antelabium Between 12.Bottom side inwall 14 is set size and makes when in appropriate location on cup, and downside wall is along drink Inner surface 21 extension of material cup makes it match with the surface 21 of the medial wall of goblet.When being placed on beverage Time on cup, when the wheel rim 19 of goblet is coupled to the bottom side inwall 14 drinking antelabium and the bottom side drinking antelabium Formed time in groove 16 between outer wall 12 to promote and coordinate.From non-drink on side different, around cup wheel rim The vertical support provided by lid surface is provided.It practice, cup wheel rim 19 is present above is formed at wheel rim Hollow area 29 between bottom side inwall 14 and the bottom side outer wall 12 of wheel rim 10 of 10.Therefore groove is formed Downside wall 14 separates critically important with downside wall 12, because described separation must be sufficiently wide to allow goblet Wheel rim 19 be coupled in groove 16, but will not be the widest so that preventing from being formed with goblet wheel rim 19 Promote and coordinate.Preferably, wall 12 and wall 14 separate the angle of 6 degree.

The corresponding wheel rim 19 that recess 22 in bottom side outer wall 12 is coupled on the top of goblet.This offer is right The horizontal support of lid 1 is to hold it in the appropriate location on goblet 30.Bottom side inwall 14 along The inner surface 21 of goblet extend and with described surface pairings.In this way, form sealing and make hole 23 Lower surface and the inner surface 21 of goblet between there is not gap.Additionally, at the downside wall of antelabium 10 Formed between 14 and the interior side-wall surface 21 of goblet and seal.This sealing extends about half of the circumference of lid. Described sealing is broken by the depression 24 in downside wall (Fig. 6), its bottom side inwall 14 causing wheel rim and cup Inner wall surface 21 between separation.Break at this described seal the bottom side inwall 14 that lid is provided with Sufficient clearance between the inner wall surface 21 of cup is so that the promotion fitted seal between lid and cup acts as With.

Fig. 7 A and 7B shows that the beverage fairing cap 1 of the present invention is stacked on another beverage fairing cap 1 of the present invention On.It will be seen that described lid can be nested with one another.In the nested arrangement that drinking cap overlies one another, under The top surface 25 of portion's drinking cap occupies the groove on the bottom side surface 26 of top drinking cap.In arranging at this, Described lid can extremely tightly be packaged together.In the preferred embodiment of device, nested arrangement middle and upper part Distance between top surface 27 and the lower surface 28 of lower of lid is 15.44mm.This is nested Feature substantially reduces storage area necessary to multiple lid.Its height further providing for encapsulating multiple lid Efficiency.This stores and efficiency of encapsulation is for the extremely limited commercially available vehicle (comprising aircraft) in wherein storage area It is even more important.

In another embodiment of the invention, the pore region 5 of lid can (such as) along its mesopore district The axle 29 (referring to Fig. 3) that the inclined surface 4 of the edge in territory 5 and drinking cap meets pivots.Pore region Therefore edge can enough bend so that hole can be from a location bending to another location.For example, when joining When closing cup, pore region 5 is therefore, it is possible to be in a position, less horizontal and be coupled to it The substrate of goblet parallel, and be in angled down in the another location in cup itself.This cloth Putting to have prevents in the case of cup rocks liquid from the effect of goblet splash.When be in down position or Time in " holding position ", pore region 5 serves as baffle to prevent liquid from flowing out cup.Pore region 5 is pivotable Making when cup is tilted to drink from the antelabium 10 of lid by user, hole 5 is towards horizontal level or " drink With position " move, and the mode allowing liquid described above flows through hole district.

Wording " includes " and wording " has/comprises " when using herein with reference to the present invention and is used for representing that institute is old The existence of feature, entirety, step or the assembly stated, but be not excluded for one or more further feature, entirety, The existence of step, assembly or its group or interpolation.

It will be appreciated that the present invention some feature described in the context of independent embodiment for purposes of clarity Can be provided in single embodiment with combining form.On the contrary, for brevity and in single embodiment The various features of the present invention described in context also can individually or carry with any suitable sub-portfolio form Supply.

Claims

1. a beverage fairing cap, it can be attached to goblet by drinking antelabium so that described in drink antelabium Top side at the proximity of described cup and dock with described outer surface and extend, and described in drink antelabium Bottom side and dock with described inner surface and extend near the inner surface of described cup.

Beverage fairing cap the most according to claim 1, wherein said lid is included therein in outer ring-like The annular recess of the wheel rim for engaging described cup defined between wall with inner annular wall, described beverage water conservancy diversion Lid be characterised by described in drink antelabium be by the liter of the described outer wall of the position converged in above described wheel rim The upstanding arcuate antelabium that the raised portion of high part and described inwall is formed, described outer wall is arranged to described The proximity of cup engages the outside of described wheel rim, and described inner wall sealing ground engages the interior of described cup Surface.

Beverage fairing cap the most according to claim 1 and 2；

Wherein, in use, the bottom side of described antelabium flushes with the inner surface of described cup so that when described Drink above the top side of antelabium when described goblet pouring liquid, prevent described liquid enter described in drink lip District between described bottom side and the inner surface of described goblet of edge.

4., according to the beverage fairing cap described in Claims 2 or 3, wherein said annular recess includes having increasing A part for plus depth, in a sealing fashion by the described described outer wall drinking antelabium and described cup The pairing of described outer surface and described in drink the described inner surface pairing of the described inwall of antelabium and described cup.

5. according to the beverage fairing cap described in arbitrary aforementioned claim, comprising:

Beverage pod apertures, beverage can exit described lid via described beverage pod apertures along described antelabium of drinking.

Lid the most according to claim 5, it is recessed that it further includes in the top side of described lid Region.

Lid the most according to claim 6, wherein said recessed region includes described beverage pod apertures.

Lid the most according to claim 7, the outward flange of wherein said recessed region flexibly connects To described lid, described recessed region can be moved between holding position and parked position.

9. according to the lid described in arbitrary aforementioned claim so that described in drink the described top side of antelabium can be embedding It is enclosed within the bottom side drinking antelabium of another lid.

10. a goblet molectron, it includes and according to any claim institute in claim 1 to 9 The goblet that the lid stated coordinates.