Connecting structure for liquid container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12415194-B2
Application number	US-202217947092-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2022
Priority date	Sep 17, 2022
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

A connecting structure for a liquid container includes a receiving groove. The liquid container having a suction tube is disposed in the receiving groove. A top end of the receiving groove is engaged with a connecting base. A front side of the connecting base is pivotally connected to a locking assembly protruding frontwards. A liftable base being movable along a top-bottom direction and a front-rear direction is disposed in an inner side of the connecting base, and has a bottom frame engaging with a sleeve that is for being connected to and communicating with a liquid pipeline and fits around the suction tube. Two extending arms extending frontwards out of the bottom frame are pivotally connected to the locking assembly. A left side and a right side of the bottom frame are pivotally connected to two swinging arms that extend backwards and are pivotally connected to the connecting base.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connecting structure for use with a liquid container, comprising:
a receiving groove;
the liquid container disposed in the receiving groove, wherein a top end of the liquid container has a suction tube; and
a locking structure comprising a connecting base, a locking assembly, two swinging arms, and a sleeve, wherein the connecting base is engaged with a top side of the receiving groove; a left side and a right side of the connecting base respectively have a side plate, and a left side and a right side of the locking assembly respectively have a side arm, wherein a rear end of each of the two side arms is pivotally connected to a front side of one of the two side plates; the two side arms extend along a front-rear direction and extend frontwards out of the connecting base, wherein two front ends of the two side arms are connected to a pressing plate; a liftable base is disposed between the two side plates and has a bottom frame; the liftable base moves along a top-bottom direction in the connecting base and moves along the front-rear direction in the connecting base; two extending arms respectively extend frontwards along the front-rear direction out of a left side and a right side of the bottom frame; a front end of each of the two extending arms is pivotally connected to a front side of each of the two side arms; the left side and the right side of the bottom frame are respectively and pivotally connected to the front end of each of the two swinging arms; a rear end of each of the two swinging arms is pivotally connected to a rear side of one of the two side plates; the sleeve is engaged with the bottom frame and fits around the suction tube.

2. The connecting structure for use with the liquid container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the liquid container comprises a bottle and a suction tube assembly; a top portion of the bottle has a neck; the suction tube assembly has a cap; an inner side of the cap has a recessing groove, and a top edge of an outer peripheral surface of the cap has a flange; the cap is fitted in the neck of the bottle, and the flange of the cap abuts against at a top edge of the neck of the bottle for positioning; the suction tube is engaged with a middle of a bottom portion of the recessing groove, wherein at least a part of the suction tube is located in the recessing groove.

3. The connecting structure for use with the liquid container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a top end of the receiving groove has an engaging portion therein, and a tubing hole is disposed on a bottom portion of the engaging portion; a periphery of a top portion of the sleeve is engaged with a guiding assembly; the guiding assembly passes through the tubing hole in a slidable way along the top-bottom direction; the sleeve is movably connected to the bottom frame and is configured to slightly move within a space between the sleeve and the bottom frame along the front-rear direction to absorb the deviation between the sleeve and the bottom frame.

4. The connecting structure for use with the liquid container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a top end of the receiving groove has an engaging portion therein; a bottom portion of the engaging portion has an opening; a tubing base passes through the opening of the engaging portion and has a tubing hole therein; the liftable base is located directly below the tubing base; a connecting tube is connected to a top portion of the sleeve and passes through the tubing hole.

5. The connecting structure for use with the liquid container as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a periphery of a top portion of the sleeve is engaged with a guiding assembly; a left side and a right side of the guiding assembly respectively have a guiding rod; the two guiding rods are both a rod extending upwards along the top-bottom direction, and respectively pass through a left side and a right side of the tubing hole in a slidable way along the top-bottom direction.

6. The connecting structure for use with the liquid container as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a middle of the bottom frame has a restricting hole; the sleeve is a tube that is elastic and forms a neck; a top edge of the neck of the sleeve forms a first flange, and a bottom edge of the neck of the sleeve forms a second flange; the neck of the sleeve passes through the restricting hole to be fixed on the bottom frame of the liftable base; a diameter of the first flange and a diameter of the second flange are larger than a diameter of the restricting hole; a diameter of the neck is smaller than the diameter of the restricting hole.

7. The connecting structure for use with the liquid container as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a front side of the connecting base has a panel frame; an upper half portion of the panel frame is engaged with and fixed to a front surface of the engaging portion, and a middle of a lower half portion of the panel frame has an opening; the two side arms of the locking assembly respectively penetrate through a left side and a right side of the opening of the panel frame; a front-end edge of each of the two side plates is connected to the lower half portion of the panel frame.

8. The connecting structure for use with the liquid container as claimed in claim 7 , wherein a micro switch is disposed on a rear surface of the panel frame, and a front side of the bottom frame forms a protrusion corresponding to a position of the micro switch; when the liftable base lifts or declines, the protrusion of the bottom frame triggers the micro switch.

9. The connecting structure for use with the liquid container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a bottom end of the sleeve forms a fitting opening that is bell-shaped.

10. The connecting structure for use with the liquid container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a middle of the pressing plate has a positioning hole; the bottom frame extends frontwards along the front-rear direction to form an elastic arm; a middle of the of the elastic arm has an elastic structure that is curved; a front end of the elastic arm has a positioning member fitting into the positioning hole.

Assignees

• Univ Nat Taipei Technology

Inventors

• Peng Chi-Chuan
• Ting Chen-Ching
• Lin Tzu-Chiao
• Chang Ho

Classifications

• B65D21/0202

  and loosely interengaged by integral complementary shapes · CPC title

• B05B9/085

  with a liquid pump · CPC title

• B05B12/14

  for supplying a selected one of a plurality of liquids or other fluent materials {or several in selected proportions} to a {spray apparatus, e.g. to a} single spray outlet · CPC title

• B05B7/30

  the first liquid or other fluent material being fed by gravity, or sucked into the carrying fluid · CPC title

• B05B7/2408 Primary

  characterised by the container or its attachment means to the spray apparatus · CPC title