Cap

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10507958-B2
Application number	US-201916378658-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 9, 2019
Priority date	Sep 7, 2015
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

A cap includes a main unit fit onto the mouth of a double-walled container, a spout cylinder provided on the main unit, an inner stopper that is provided in the main unit, and a first inner valve. The inner stopper includes a communicating part that communicates with the inside of the inner container and the inside of the spout cylinder. The first inner valve includes a first valve body that covers the communicating part. The first valve body has passage holes. The first valve body being deformed from a closing position S toward an opening position O keeps acting as a partition between the communicating part and the spout cylinder.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container assembly comprising a cap attached to a mouth of a double-walled container having a deformable inner container and a deformable outer container, the cap comprising:
a main unit attached to the mouth of the double-walled container;
a spout cylinder provided on the main unit;
a lid that opens and closes a spout formed at a tip end of the spout cylinder;
an inner stopper that is provided in the main unit so as to be fit into the mouth of the double-walled container; and
a first inner valve provided retained in the main unit,
wherein the inner stopper includes an inner cylinder with one end communicating with an inside of the inner container and the other end communicating with an inside of the spout cylinder,
the first inner valve includes a first valve body that covers an opening of the inner cylinder,
the first valve body has at least one passage hole,
the first valve body is deformable to an opening position where the first valve body expands deforms convexly into the spout cylinder and to a closing position where the first valve body retracts concavely into the inner cylinder, the first valve body being biased in a closing direction,
the first valve body at the closing position acts as a partition between the inside of the inner cylinder and the inside of the spout cylinder, and
the first valve body at the opening position causes the inside of the inner cylinder and the inside of the spout cylinder to communicate with each other through the passage hole of the first valve body,
the passage hole has a first passage hole that is formed at a center of the first valve body,
the inner cylinder contains a communicating path that communicates with the inside of the inner container and the inside of the spout cylinder, and contains a closing member,
the first valve body at the closing position comes into contact with the closing member and closes the first passage hole with the closing member, and
the first valve body at the opening position separates from the closing member, causing the inside of the inner cylinder and the inside of the spout cylinder to communicate with each other through the first passage hole
the passage hole has at least one second passage hole formed around the first passage hole,
the first valve body at the closing position comes into contact with an end of the inner cylinder and closes the second passage hole on the end of the inner cylinder, and
the first valve body at the opening position separates from the end of the inner cylinder, causing the inside of the inner cylinder and the inside of the spout cylinder to communicate with each other through the first and second passage holes.

2. A container assembly comprising a cap attached to a mouth of a double-walled container having a deformable inner container and a deformable outer container, the cap comprising:
a main unit attached to the mouth of the double-walled container;
a spout cylinder provided on the main unit;
a lid that opens and closes a spout formed at a tip end of the spout cylinder;
an inner stopper that is provided in the main unit so as to be fit into the mouth of the double-walled container; and
a first inner valve retained in the main unit,
wherein the inner stopper includes an inner cylinder with one end communicating with an inside of the inner container and the other end communicating with an inside of the spout cylinder,
the first inner valve includes a first valve body that covers an opening of the inner cylinder,
the first valve body has at least one passage hole,
the first valve body is deformable to an opening position where the first valve body deforms convexly into the spout cylinder and to a closing position where the first valve body retracts concavely into the inner cylinder, the first valve body being biased in a closing direction, and
the first valve body at the closing position acts as a partition between the inside of the inner cylinder and the inside of the spout cylinder,
the first valve body at the opening position causes the inside of the inner cylinder and the inside of the spout cylinder to communicate with each other through the passage hole of the first valve body,
wherein the main unit has an air inlet port that draws outside air into a clearance between the inner container and the outer container,
the main unit contains a communication passage that communicates with the air inlet port and the clearance between the inner container and the outer container, and contains a second inner valve that opens and closes the air inlet port, and
the second inner valve is integrated with the first inner valve.

3. The container assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the second inner valve includes a feeding part that feeds a content fluid of the inner container and a second valve body that is opened and closed by the content fluid fed by the feeding part,
the second valve body is deformable to a closing position where the second valve body expands into the air inlet port so as to close the air inlet port and to an opening position where the second valve body retracts into the feeding part from the inside of the air inlet port so as to open the air inlet port, the second valve body being biased in an opening direction and deformed from the opening position to the closing position by the content fluid fed by the feeding part.

Assignees

• Mikasa Ind Co Ltd
• Kikkoman Corp

Inventors

• Hashimoto Takehisa
• Ikeda Satoshi
• Maeda Tatsuhiro
• Kuwagaki Denmi

Classifications

• B65D47/2081 Primary

  in which the deformation raises or lowers the valve port · CPC title

• B65D47/40

  with drip catchers or drip-preventing means · CPC title

• B65D47/0838

  located at an edge of the base element · CPC title

• B65D47/20 Primary

  comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge (closures with discharge by pumping {B05B11/10}) · CPC title

• B65D51/16

  with means for venting air or gas · CPC title