Cap for contents mixer

• US 20020096440A1
• Filed: 01/18/2002
• Published: 07/25/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mikuni Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mikuni Corporation
• Inventors: Kasuya, Shoji
• Granted Patent: US 6,705,462 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/222
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/08 with provisions for removing or destroying, e.g. to facilitate mixing of contents
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 215/08 Mixing

Abstract

There is provided a cap for a contents mixer that is capable of, with a simple operation, storing a first contents and another contents in isolation from one another until they are needed, and of mixing the at least two contents together when necessary. To this end, a cap for the contents mixer is attached to an opening section of a container body. The cap comprises a cap main body with a first contents storage tube. The first contents storage tube having a thin bottom that is sealed, yet capable of being opened. The storage tube is suspended from a lower surface of a top wall of the cap main body. The first contents storage tube further is formed with an engagement section for attaching it to an opening section of the container main body at an inner surface. A cutting tube is also included with a blocked head section and the cutting tube has a flange section formed at an outer periphery of the head section. The cutting tube is engaged inside the first contents containing tube in a watertight manner and is capable of sliding therein. Also included is a substantially U-shaped stopper that is interposed between the flange section of the cutting tube and the top wall of the cap main body.

Claims

1. A cap for a contents mixer attached to an opening section of a container main body, comprising:

a cap main body with a first contents storage tube, the first contents storage tube having a thin bottom that is sealed but is capable of being opened, the first contents storage tube being suspended from a lower surface of a top wall of the cap main body, the cap main body including an engagement section for attaching the cap main body to an opening section of the container main body at an inner surface;

a cutting tube with a blocked head portion and having a flange section formed at an outer periphery of the head portion, the cutting tube engaging inside the first contents storage tube in a water tight manner while being capable of sliding therein;

and a stopper interposed between the flange section of the cutting tube and the top wall of the cap main body.

2. The cap for a contents mixer of claim 1, further comprising a projection for reducing detachment force of the cap, the projection for reducing detachment force contacting a flange section lower surface formed on an upper surface of the stopper.

3. The cap for a contents mixer of claim 1, further comprising a projection for preventing detachment of the cutting tube and for engaging with the first contents storage tube, the projection for preventing detachment being formed on an opening inner wall of the stopper.

4. The cap for a contents mixer of claim 1, wherein the stopper is substantially U-shaped.

5. The cap for a contents mixer of claim 4, wherein the stopper has an open-ended square cross section with a lower surface opened.

6. A method for providing a cap for a contents mixer attached to an opening section of a container main body, comprising:

suspending a first contents storage tube, located within a cap main body, from a lower surface of a top wall of the cap main body;

sealing a thin bottom of the first contents storage tube, the thin bottom capable of being opened;

attaching the first contents storage tube to an opening section of the container main body at an inner surface with an engagement section;

blocking a head section of a cutting tube, the cutting tube having a flange section formed at an outer periphery of the head section;

engaging the cutting tube inside the first contents storage tube in a water tight manner and making the cutting tube capable of sliding therein; and

interposing a stopper between the flange section of the cutting tube and the top wall of the cap main body.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising reducing detachment force of the cap with a projection, the projection contacting a flange section lower surface and formed on an upper surface of the stopper.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising preventing detachment of the cutting tube with a projection, the projection engaging with the first contents storage tube and formed on an opening inner wall of the stopper.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising making the stopper substantially U-shaped.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the making the stopper step includes making an open-ended square cross section with a lower surface opened.