Container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10106288-B2
Application number	US-201414902077-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2014
Priority date	Jul 1, 2013
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a container whose shape for discharging contents is hardly expandable laterally, the container including a container body holding contents and a lid member for closing an opening of the container body which are sealed with each other by an annular seal portion formed along a flanged face of the opening. At a specified position of the annular seal portion, there is provided a detaching seal portion which is to be detached by an increase of inside pressure inside the container body in association with deformation of the container body based on an external force. An outflow channel for discharging the contents therethrough extends radially outwards from the detaching seal portion. At a position of the container body corresponding to the outflow channel of the flanged face, there is formed an outflow groove which is sunk toward a bottom portion of the container body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A container comprising a container body holding contents therein and a lid member for closing an opening of the container body, the container body and the lid member being sealed with each other by an annular seal portion formed along a flanged face of the opening;
wherein at a specified portion of the annular seal portion, there is provided a detaching seal portion which is detached in response to increase of pressure inside the container body associated with deformation of the container body;
an outflow channel for discharging the contents extends radially outwards from the detaching seal portion; and
at a position of the flanged face of the container body corresponding to the outflow channel, there is formed an outflow groove sunk toward the bottom of the container body;
wherein there are provided a pair of auxiliary non-detaching seal portions extending from a portion of the annular seal portion toward the outflow groove;
each auxiliary non-detaching seal portion of the pair of the auxiliary non-detaching seal portions includes an end;
the ends of the auxiliary non-detaching seal portions face each other, extend perpendicularly to the radially outward direction of contents flow, and are spaced inward radially from an outer edge of the flanged face of the opening.

2. The container according to claim 1 , wherein at positions facing the outflow channel from the left and right sides thereof, there are provided non-detaching seal portions comprised of a plurality of annular seal portions extending along a circumferential direction.

3. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the annular seal portion of the detaching seal portion includes a reverse-oriented annular seal portion which projects toward the radial inner side of the opening.

4. The container according to claim 2 , wherein an auxiliary detaching seal portion extending across the outflow channel is provided between a pair of left and right connecting annular seal portions interconnecting the detaching seal portion and the non-detaching seal portion.

5. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the annular seal portion is provided in the form of a groove sunk in the thickness direction of the flanged face by pressing the lid member against the flanged face via a seal bar having at its leading end an annular projection having a shape corresponding to the annular seal portion; and the reverse-oriented annular seal portion is provided as an uneven sealing force groove having a smaller curvature radius on its radial inner side than its radial outer side.

Assignees

• Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd
• Suntory Holdings Ltd

Inventors

• Bushida Mitsuru
• Tanaka Daisuke
• Kado Takashi
• Yokoyama Hiroki
• Kitamasu Masayuki

Classifications

• B01F3/088

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B65D77/2036

  the seal having a stress concentrating portion · CPC title

• B65D1/32

  Containers adapted to be temporarily deformed by external pressure to expel contents · CPC title

• B67B7/92

  by breaking, e.g. for ampoules · CPC title

• B65D1/42

  Reinforcing or strengthening parts or members · CPC title