Bottle containing two kinds of materials separately in two spaces

• US 8,448,797 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2004
• Issued: 05/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JC Tech Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Young-Kook Cho
• Inventors: Cho, Young-Kook
• Primary Examiner(s): HYLTON, ROBIN ANNETTE
• Application Number:
  US10/580,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20070074979A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,104 Days
• Field of Search: 206/219, 206/221, 206/222, 215/DIG.8, 215/250, 215/253, 215/228, 215/329, 215/354, 215/252, 220/521, 220/522
• US Class Current: 215/228
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2205/02 Venting holes
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2401/15 Tearable part of the closure B65D2401/60 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/1672 whereby venting occurs by manual actuation of the closure or other element
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2835 ruptured by a sharp element, e.g. a cutter or a piercer
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2864 the element being a plug or like element closing a passage between the auxiliary container and the main container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2892 the element, e.g. a valve, opening an aperture of the auxiliary container B65D51/2864, B65D51/2878 take precedence

Abstract

The present invention relates to a bottle, which contains two kinds of materials separately in two spaces in a bottle body and communicates the separated spaces with each other as necessary so that the two materials can be mixed together. This bottle has a bottle body having a mouth; an additive storage container including an insertion part inserted into the mouth, an exposed part exposed outside the mouth; an additive storage container including an insertion part inserted into the mouth, an exposed part exposed outside the mouth and an additive storage space defined therein; an opening unit tightened to the mouth; and separation means for separating the additive storage container from the bottle body.

Claims

1. A bottle, comprising:

a bottle body having a mouth with an external thread formed around an outer circumferential surface of the mouth;

an additive storage container having an end plate being in surface contact with an open end of the mouth, a main cap extending downward in an axial direction from an outer circumferential edge of the end plate and having an internal thread combined to the mouth through a screw-type engagement, an inner cap extending in an axial direction from an inner circumferential edge of the end plate and being movably inserted into the mouth, with a discharge port and a hook protrusion provided on an end of the inner cap;

an opening unit comprising a finish plate provided on an upper part of the inner cap, an upper cap extending in an axial direction from an outer circumferential edge of the finishing plate provided on an upper part and having an internal thread combined to the outer circumferential surface of the main cap, and a slider extending in an axial direction from the end plate and movably inserted into the additive storage container in an axial direction, and sealed by a plug at an end thereof;

wherein the plug has a seal protrusion that is combined to a seal groove formed on a lower end of the slider so that the plug is coupled to the slider to be separated from the slider; and

wherein the plug is integrally formed on a lower end of the slider, with a thin tear-off line formed between the plug and the slider.

2. The bottle according to claim 1, wherein the tear-off line is an inclined line.

3. The bottle according to claim 1, wherein an upper part of the outer circumferential surface of the plug is provided with a locking groove that engages with a locking protrusion that projects inward from an inner surface of the slider, so that the plug is coupled to the slider to be separated from the slider.

4. The bottle according to claim 3, wherein a seal ring is provided between the plug and the slider.

5. The bottle according to claim 4, wherein an interference protrusion is provided between the slider and the inner cap so that, when the slider and inner cap are moving relative to each other in axial directions, a sealed state between the slider and inner cap is maintained and a click sound is generated.

6. The bottle according to claim 5, wherein the finishing plate provided on an upper part is provided with a sound port that emits the click sound generated from the interference protrusion to the atmosphere.

7. A bottle, comprising:

a bottle body having a mouth with an external thread formed around an outer circumferential surface of the mouth;

an additive storage container having an end plate being in surface contact with an open end of the mouth, a main cap extending in an axial direction from an outer circumferential edge of the end plate and having an internal thread engaging with the external thread of the mouth through a screw-type engagement, an inner cap extending in an axial direction from an inner circumferential edge of the end plate and movably inserted into the mouth, with a plurality of discharge ports formed around a lower end of the inner cap, and an extension part extending upward from the inner circumferential edge of the end plate so that the extension part is opposite the inner cap, with an external thread formed around an outer circumferential surface of the extension part;

a plug mounted to a lower end of the inner cap, thereby sealing an axial opening of the inner cap;

an opening unit comprising a finish plate placed on an upper end of the extension part, an upper cap extending in an axial direction from an outer circumferential edge of the finishing plate provided on an upper part and engaging with the external thread of the extension part, and a slider extending in an axial direction from an inner surface of the end plate and movably inserted into the inner cap, so that an end of the slider is sealed by the plug; and

wherein the plug is provided at a lower end thereof with a stop ring that engages with a stop protrusion provided around a lower end of an inner surface of the inner cap so that axial movement of the plug relative to the slider is restricted.

8. The bottle according to claim 7, wherein a seal ring is provided on an upper end of the plug so that the seal ring comes into contact with a lower end of the slider.

9. The bottle according to claim 7, wherein a cylindrical seal ring is provided in a lower part of the interior of the slider so that the cylindrical seal ring comes into contact with an upper end of the plug.

10. The bottle according to claim 9, wherein the cylindrical seal ring is integrated with the slider through a double injection molding process in which the cylindrical seal ring is inserted in a cavity of a mold when the slider is produced by injection molding.

11. The bottle according to claim 7, wherein the extension part is provided with a stopper which extends outward in a radial direction around the outer circumferential surface of the extension part and limits upward movement of the upper cap to a predetermined position.

12. The bottle according to claim 11, wherein the extension part is provided with an interference protrusion that interferes with the upper cap, thus generating sound, while the upper cap is provided with a sound port to transmit the sound outside the bottle.