Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
  • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
  • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
  • B65D47/30—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with plug valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by turning a cylindrical or conical plug without axial passageways

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• the present invention relates to a closable dispensing device for dispensing a liquid, viscous or pasty medium contained in a container, having an outlet opening serving for dispensing the medium, a channel extending between the container and the outlet opening, and an opening the dispenser Lang ⁇ translated and relative to this movable closure device for closing the channel.
• dispensers are described, for example, in DE 101 13 109 A1 and in DE 102 00 748 A1.
• the present invention is therefore based on the object, the dispensing device according to the preamble of patent claim 1 such that at the same time a tight closure of the container and easy operability of the closure device are possible.
• the dispensing device according to the invention is characterized in that the closure device and the surface which defines the opening come into contact only via elevations provided on the closure device or on the surface delimiting the opening.
• FIG. 1 shows a side view of a spout part of the dispensing device described below
• FIG. 2 shows a further side view of the spout part shown in FIG. 1 (view from a position offset by 90 °),
• FIG. 3 is a plan view of the spout part shown in FIGS. 1 and 2;
• FIG. 4 shows a side view of a closure device of the dispensing device described below
• FIG. 5 shows a view of the closure device shown in FIG. 4 from below
• Figure 6 is a view of those shown in Figures 4 and 5
• the dispensing device described below is designed for use for a drinking bottle; About them, a liquid contained in the bottle (a drink) aus ⁇ be poured or drunk.
• the dispensing device can also be used in other containers than a drinking bottle, if appropriate after appropriate adaptation to the given conditions, and other liquid, viscous or pasty media, for example medicaments, soaps, oils, perfumes, can also be used via them , places ⁇ medium, etc. are delivered.
• the dispensing device presented here consists entirely of plastic in the example considered, but could also be made only partially of plastic or of any other materials.
• the described dispensing device is designed to be screwed onto a neck of a bottle which is not shown in the figures.
• the dispensing device can also be done in any other manner, for example by plugging, Ein ⁇ stuck, screwing, gluing, etc.
• the dispensing device presented here consists of a spout part 2 (fixed in the bottleneck of the dispensing device), and a closure device 3 inserted in the spout part 2 and movable relative to the spout part 2.
• the spout part 2 comprises a fixing portion 21, a cap holding portion 22, a shutter receiving portion 23, and a spout portion 24.
• the attachment portion 21 is used to attach the Aus ⁇ casting part 2 at the neck of a bottle and is similar to a screw on a bottleneck screw. Unlike a normal screw cap, however, the attachment portion 21 is not completely closed at the top; he has one Connection to a Kanal ⁇ section 233 described in more detail later.
• the cap holder section 22 arranged above the fastening section 21 is a cylindrical structure which is hollow on the inside and laterally circulates laterally by ribs 221 and 222 with which a cap which can be placed onto the dispenser from above can latch.
• This cap serves to protect the dispenser from contamination and to protect it from unintentional opening of the dispenser.
• the cap has, for example, the shape of a cup and is not shown in the figures.
• the shutter device accommodating portion 23 disposed above the cap holding portion 22 is traversed in a horizontal direction from a shutter receiving hole 231 having a circular cross section.
• the closure device 3 shown in Figures 4 to 6 can be inserted.
• the opening 231 is circulated at one end, more precisely at the end shown in FIG. 2 on the left, over part of its circumference from an inwardly projecting web 232.
• This web 232 engages in the assembled state of the dispenser in a zuge ⁇ arranged groove of the closure device 3 and prevents unintentional removal of the closure device 3 from the opening 231.
• the fact that the web 232, the opening 231 only partially rotates, facilitates the onset of Closure device 3 in the opening 231.
• the web-free area forms a pressure equalization opening, via which a pressure prevailing in the bottle overpressure or Un tertik can be reduced.
• the closure device receiving section 23 is also traversed in the vertical direction by a channel crossing the opening 231, via which a beverage contained in the drinking bottle can reach a drinking opening 241 provided on the pouring section 24.
• This channel comprises a plurality of sections, more precisely a tube connecting the drinking bottle and the opening 231.
• the channel sections 233 and 234 can be connected via a third channel section 311 passing through the closure device 3. Whether this is the case depends on the position of the closure device 3, as will be described in more detail later.
• the pouring section 24 provided above the closure device receiving section 23 has, as can be seen in particular from FIG. 3, an oval cross section in the example under consideration and is traversed by the second channel section 234 already mentioned.
• the channel sections 233 and 234 also have an oval cross section. It should be noted, however, that both the spout portion 24 and the channel portions 233 and 234 may have any other cross section.
• the already mentioned drinking opening 241 is provided, via which the beverage contained in the drinking bottle can be removed when the dispensing device is open. For this purpose, the drinker inserts the spout section into the mouth and sucks the beverage contained in the drinking bottle out of it.
• the closure device 3 is formed by a cylindrical element 31 and a lever 32 connected to one of the two ends of the cylindrical element 31.
• the cylinder-shaped element 31 is inserted into the above-mentioned opening 231 of the spout part 2.
• the cylindrical element 31 is rotatable within the opening 231 about its longitudinal axis. The rotation takes place by the lever 32nd
• the cylindrical element 31 is traversed transversely to its longitudinal axis by the third channel section 311 already mentioned above.
• This third channel section For example, the same cross section was taken as the first and second channel sections 233 and 234.
• the dispenser is open or closed.
• the dispensing device is opened when the closure device 3 is in a position in which the channel sections 233, 234 and 311 are aligned and form a continuous channel through which the drinking bottle and the drinking opening 241 are connected.
• This position has the Verschluß ⁇ device 3 held when the lever 32 projects laterally at right angles from the dispenser. This position is referred to below as the open position of the closure device.
• the dispenser is closed when the
• Closing device 3 is rotated so far with respect to the above-described opening position that the Kanalab ⁇ sections 233, 234, and 311 no longer overlap each other. In the intended closed position, the closure device 3 is rotated by 90 ° with respect to the open position.
• This position has the closure device 3 held when the lever 32 projects vertically upwards.
• a region of the cylindrical element 31 designated by the reference numeral 312 in the figures comes to lie above the channel section 233 of the spout part 2.
• This area 312 is completely circulated by a survey 313.
• this elevation is a bead-like elevation with a semicircular cross section.
• This also applies to further elevations 314 to 316 described in more detail later, which are provided on the cylindrical element 31.
• the elevations 313 to 316 may also have any other shape.
• the elevation 313 is dimensioned so that it extends to the opening 231 delimiting area and over the entire length of the elevation 313 is in contact with this area.
• a third elevation 315 which is provided between the elevations 312, 313 and the lever 32 and the cylindrical element 31 completely rotates
• a fourth survey 316 which is provided on the opposite side of the elevations 312, 313 and the cylindrical element 31 with interrupts 317 um ⁇ runs.
• the second, third, and fourth elevation 314, 315, and 316 are such as the first elevation 313 sized so that they extend to the opening 231 delimiting area and over the entire length of the elevation 313 are in contact with this area.
• the third elevation 315 and the fourth elevation 316 serve to stabilize the position of the cylindrical element 31 within the opening 231; through it becomes particular prevents the cylindrical member 31 within the opening 231 can perform tilting movements.
• the second elevation 314 ensures that the ventilation of the drinking bottle during the movement of the closure device 3 from the closed position to the open position exclusively via the interruptions 317, and not via the drinking opening 241 can take place, and that no connection between the drinking bottle Inside and the interruptions 317 is when and as long as a connection between the water bottle inside and the drinking opening 241 consists.
• a groove 318 extending completely around the cylindrical element is provided in the cylindrical element.
• the web 232 of the pouring part 2 comes to rest.
• the groove 318 in cooperation with the web 232, prevents the closure device from being pulled out of the opening 231 of the spout part 2 inadvertently.
• the region 312 of the closure device 3 comes to lie above the upper end of the first channel section 233, and seals the first elevation 313, which circumscribes this region 312, to the intermediate space between the first channel section 233 and the region 312 to the side liquid keits - and gas-tight. In this state is the first
• Channel section 233 and thus also the bottle carrying the dispenser ver ⁇ closed by the area 312 and the first elevation 313 upwards liquid and gas-tight.
• the closure device 3 If, starting from this state, the closure device 3 is started to be rotated into the open position by means of the lever 32, the parts of the closure device closing the first channel section 233, ie the region 312 and the first elevation 313, move via the first channel ⁇ section 233 away.
• the first channel section 233 initially comes into contact with the intermediate space between the first elevation 313 and the second elevation 314.
• This intermediate space communicates via the interruptions 317 of the fourth elevation 316 and the pressure equalization opening formed by the interruptions in the web 232 with the area surrounding the dispensing device.
• This pressure compensation takes place exclusively via the pressure equalization opening, and can not also take place via the drinking opening 241, because at this time no connection between the first channel section 233 and the second channel section 234 consists. That this pressure equalization does not take place via the drinking opening 241, but exclusively via the pressure compensation opening provided laterally on the closure device receiving section 23, proves to be advantageous because even with the person drinking from the drinking bottle with the drinking bottle opens the mouth or the drinking opening 241 already attaches to the mouth during opening of the dispenser, can not or must breathe any gases exiting from the inside of the water bottle. The inhalation of these gases is not without problems, especially when there is a carbonated beverage in the drinking bottle. The gas that is released in this case is carbon dioxide, and inhaling it could cause the person who wants to drink from the bottle to lack oxygen and the associated accompanying symptoms.
• the third channel section 311 finally comes to lie above the first channel section 233.
• the closure device 3 has reached its open position in which a person can drink the liquid contained in the bottle via the drinking opening 241.
• the connection between the drinking bottle interior and the pressure equalization opening remains interrupted, so that no liquid can escape from the pressure equalization opening during drinking.
• the closure device 3 To close the dispensing device, the closure device 3 must be turned back into the closed position. In this case, the processes described above take place in the reverse order.
• the elevations 313 to 316 have the effect that only certain parts of the cylindrical element 31, namely only the elevations, can come into contact with the surface bounding the opening 231, so that the surface over which the cylindrical element 31 and the opening 231 coming into contact area, is very small. This has the positive effect that upon rotation of the cylindrical element 31, only a relatively small frictional force between the cylindrical element and the surface delimiting the opening 231 occurs, and the cylindrical element 31 can be rotated with correspondingly small expenditure of force.
• the closure device 3 is composed of a stiff and not or only slightly deformable first plastic, and a softer and elastically deformable second Kunststoff ⁇ material.
• a hard-to-thin polypropylene is used as the first plastic
• a thermoplastic elastomer having a hardness of between 50 and 95 Shore A is used as the second plastic.
• the largest part of the closure device 3 is made of the first plastic. and only the upper layer of the region lying between the third elevation 315 and the fourth elevation 316 is made of the second plastic.
• the production of at least the upper layer of the elevations 313 and 314 of the second plastic proves to be advantageous because the elevations 313 and 314 thereby elastically press against the opening 231 delimiting the surface over its entire length and thus a particularly good seal This is achieved on both sides of surveys 313 and 314.
• This effect can be enhanced if the first elevation 313 and the second elevation 314 are formed somewhat higher than the third elevation 315 and the fourth elevation 316, wherein the outer diameter of the cylindrical element 31 measured via the elevations 315 and 316 preferably approximately equals that of FIG Inner diameter of the opening 231 ent speaks, and wherein the measured over the elevations 313 and 314 outer diameter of the cylindrical member 31 is preferably slightly larger than the inner diameter of the opening 231.
• the core the ver ⁇ with the groove 318 ver ⁇ end portion of the cylindrical element consists of the second plastic.
• this End ⁇ section lends a certain elasticity, and this can easily pass the protruding into the opening 231 web 232 when inserted into the opening 231.
• plastics are to be regarded only as Bei ⁇ games.
• first plastic and as a second plastic and any other plastics can be used.
• the spout part 2 in the example considered is made of hard or medium-hard polyethylene.
• the spout part 2 can also be made of any other plastic.
• the lever 32 is, as already explained above, in the closed position of the closure device 3 vertically upwards and projects beyond the spout portion 24 of the spout part 2.
• a plate 321 is provided, which in the closed position of Verschlußvorrich ⁇ tion over the drinking opening 241 comes to lie and verhin ⁇ that dirt or insects can get into it.
• the lever 32 In the open position of the closure device, the lever 32 is rotated by 90 ° and protrudes laterally. In this position, the lever 32 projects beyond the dispensing device to the side and prevents the cap already mentioned above and not shown in the figures from being placed on the dispensing device.
• the elevations 313 to 316 are, as already mentioned above, bead-shaped elevations with a semicircular cross-section. As already mentioned above, however, there is no restriction on this.
• the elevations may also have any other cross section, for example, a semi-oval or an angular (square, rectangular, triangular, etc.) cross-section.
• the elevations 313 to 316 need not be bead-like elevations. They can also be formed by ribs, narrow webs, etc. Although it is currently considered to be particularly advantageous that the projections 313 to 316 are bead-like projections with a semicircular cross-section, the exact appearance of the projections 313 to 316 of minor importance. It is important in the first place that the elevations 313 to 316 are formed so that the surface over which the elevations come into contact with the surface bounding the opening 231 is as small as possible.
• the cylindrical element 31 without the elevations 313 to 316 and instead on the opening 231 delimiting surfaces projecting into the opening, more precisely, up to the cylindrical element 31 extending surveys to be formed and formed like the above-described elevations 313 to 316.
• the opening, via which the first channel section 233 opens into the opening 231, and / or the opening, via which the second channel section 234 opens into the opening 231, is circulated by a survey surrounding the respective opening.
• Such a construction of the dispensing device would also have the positive effect that the cylindrical element 31 can be rotated under all circumstances with little effort.
• the surfaces with which the protrusions 313 to 316 come into contact i. the surface defining the opening 231 or the outside of the cylindrical element 31 has no associated depressions, into which the elevations 313 to 316 protrude.
• the described dispensing device proves to be advantageous in that it simultaneously enables a tight closure of the container and easy operability of the closure device.

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