Bottle cap

• US 8,807,362 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2009
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jeong-Min Lee, Seong-Jae Lee
• Original Assignee: Jeong-Min Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Jeong-Min, Lee, Seong-Jae
• Primary Examiner(s): Mathew, Fenn
• Assistant Examiner(s): POOS, MADISON LYNN
• Application Number:
  US13/517,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20120305519A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,050 Days
• Field of Search: 215/227, 215/228, 215/316, 205/219, 205/221, 205/568, 220/254.1, 220/254.7, 220/254.8, 220/521, 206/219, 206/221, 206/568
• US Class Current: 215/316
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1047 the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 41/505 with integral internal sealing means
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/0838 located at an edge of the base element
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/12 having removable closures
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/127 Snap-on caps
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/2006 formed by a rigid spout outlet opened by tilting of the spout outlet
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/243 moving linearly, i.e. without rotational motion
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/305 provided with a spout, e.g. "escargot"-type valve
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 49/04 Weighted valves
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/002 Closures to be pierced by an extracting-device for the contents and fixed on the container by separate retaining means
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2828 said element being a film or a foil B65D51/2821, B65D51/2842 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2835 ruptured by a sharp element, e.g. a cutter or a piercer
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2842 said element being provided with a preformed weakened line B65D51/2821 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2857 the additional article or materials being released by displacing or removing an element enclosing it B65D51/2814 takes precedence
• 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

A bottle cap that is an apparatus for containing heterogeneous materials, applied in the discharge direction of materials in a container, comprises: a main body coupled to a bottle neck; and a containing unit assembled inside the main body with a storage space. An activated unit is assembled in the center of the upper support unit of the main body. An activation unit for downward movement is coupled to the activated unit so that the activated unit may move downward by a separate activation unit. An opening/closing unit is coupled with the lower part of the activated unit with the above structure in order to seal an opening/closing hole of the storage space.

Claims

1. A bottle cap disposed in a content discharge direction of a container to contain heterogeneous materials, the bottle cap comprising:

a main body coupled to a neck of the container;

a containing part having a storage space, the containing part being assembled inside the main body,

wherein an operated part is assembled in a center of an upper support part of the main body,

a descending operation part of an operation part is coupled to the operated part so that the operated part descends by the descending operation part, wherein the operation part is assembled in a center of a main body spout of the main body, and when the operation part is rotated, the operation part is rotated at a predetermined angle with respect to the center of the main body spout to allow the operated part to descend by the descending operation part, and

an opening part for sealing an opening hole of the storage space is coupled to a lower end of the operated part.

2. The bottle cap of claim 1, wherein a sealing ring for sealing is disposed between the operated part assembled into the support part and the support part.

3. The bottle cap of claim 1, wherein, when the operation part assembled with the main body is rotated, the operated part descends vertically without being rotated because a guide prevents an operation plate of the operated part from being rotated guide.

4. The bottle cap of claim 1, wherein, when the operation part is rotated, the operated part descends and the opening part sealing the opening hole of the storage space is opened to drop and mix a content within the storage space into a container.

5. The bottle cap of claim 1, wherein, when the operated part descends by the operation part, a circular brim of the operated part is hooked on a stopper, and even though the operation part is reversely rotated in this state, the operated part does not return in an original state thereof to prevent foreign substances from being put into the storage space.

6. The bottle cap of claim 1, wherein a sealing ring for reinforcing sealing is disposed on the opening part.

7. The bottle cap of claim 1, wherein a discharge device that is a unit for discharging mixed contents within the container without taking the bottle cap off is disposed above the operation part.

8. The bottle cap of claim 7, wherein the operated part is coupled in the center of the upper support part of the main body so that the mixed contents within the container are moved into the discharge device disposed above the operation part,

a first discharge hole is defined in the operated part, and

when the operation part is rotated, the operated part gets out of the upper support part to open the first discharge hole, and simultaneously, the mixed contents within the container are moved into the discharge device through a second discharge hole defined between the operated part and the operation part and then are discharged.

9. The bottle cap of claim 7, wherein the operated part is coupled in a center of the upper support part of the main body so that the mixed contents within the container are moved into the discharge device disposed above the operation part,

a lengthily extending vertical discharge hole is defined inside the operated part disposed inside the upper support part, and

the vertical discharge hole is connected to a discharge tube lengthily extending downward and communicates a second discharge hole communicating with the discharge device upward.

10. The bottle cap of claim 9, wherein the discharge device disposed above the operation part is a pump dispenser.

11. The bottle cap of claim 1, wherein, when the operated part descends by the operation part, an operation plate circular brim is hooked on a stopper of the main body so that the operated part does not return.

12. A bottle cap disposed in a content discharge direction of a container to contain heterogeneous materials, the bottle cap comprising:

a main body coupled to a neck of the container; and

a containing part having a storage space, the containing part being assembled inside the main body,

wherein an operated part is assembled downward from an upper portion of the main body,

a descending operation part of an operation part is coupled to the operated part so that the operated part descends by the descending operation part, wherein the operation part is assembled in a center of a main body spout of the main body, and when the operation part is rotated, the operation part is rotated at a predetermined angle with respect to the center of the main body spout to allow the operated part to descend by the descending operation part and

an opening part for sealing an opening hole of the storage space is coupled to a lower end of the operated part.

13. The bottle cap of claim 12, wherein the operated part is coupled in the a center of a support part of the main body.

14. The bottle cap of claim 13, wherein a sealing ring for sealing is disposed between the operated part assembled into the support part and the support part.

15. The bottle cap of claim 12, wherein the operation part assembled with the main body is rotated, the operated part descends vertically without being rotated because a guide prevents an operation plate of the operated part from being rotated.

16. The bottle cap of claim 12, wherein, when the operation part is rotated, the operated part descends and the opening part sealing the opening hole of the storage space is opened to drop and mix a content within the storage space into a container.

17. The bottle cap of claim 12, wherein when the operated part descends by the operation part, an operation plate circular brim of the operated part is hooked on a stopper, and even though the operation part is reversely rotated in this state, the operated part does not return in an original state thereof to prevent foreign substances from being put into the storage space.

18. The bottle cap of claim 12, wherein a sealing ring for reinforcing sealing is disposed on the opening part.

19. The bottle cap of claim 12, wherein the containing part is assembled into the main body.

20. A bottle cap disposed in a content discharge direction of a container to contain heterogeneous materials, the bottle cap comprising:

a main body coupled to a neck of the container; and

a containing part having a storage space, the containing part being assembled inside the main body,

wherein an operated part lengthily extending from an upper portion of the main body is assembled,

a descending operation part of an operation part is coupled to the operated part so that the operated part descends by the descending operation part, wherein the operation part is assembled in a center of a main body spout of the main body, and when the operation part is rotated, the operation part is rotated at a predetermined angle with respect to the center of the main body spout to allow the operated part to descend by the descending operation part, and

after heterogeneous materials are put into the storage space, an opening part for sealing an opening hole of the storage space is disposed on a lower end of the operated part.

21. The bottle cap of claim 20, wherein the containing part is assembled into the main body.

22. The bottle cap of claim 20, wherein the operated part is coupled in the a center of a support part of the main body.

23. A bottle cap disposed in a content discharge direction of a container to contain heterogeneous materials, the bottle cap comprising:

a main body coupled to a neck of the container;

a containing part having a storage space, the containing part being assembled inside the main body; and

an operated part is assembled in a direction of the containing part from an upper portion of the main body,

wherein the operated part descends by a separate operation part,

when the separate operation part is rotated, the operated part descends to open an opening part which is connected to a lower end of the operated part to close a lower side of a storage space,

when the operated part descends, a first discharge hole sealed inside a support part is opened to communicate with a second discharge hole defined above the first discharge hole,

when the operated part descends, a content within the storage space is dropped and mixed into a container, and

the mixed contents are discharged by a separate discharge unit disposed above the operation part.

24. The bottle cap of claim 23, wherein the discharge unit disposed above the operation part is a discharge member configured to ascend or descend to open the discharge holes.

25. The bottle cap of claim 23, wherein the discharge unit disposed above the operation part is a discharge member configured to be rotated to open the discharge holes.

26. The bottle cap of claim 23, wherein the discharge unit disposed above the operation part is a nozzle type discharge member opened or closed at a predetermined angle.

27. The bottle cap of claim 23, wherein the discharge unit disposed above the operation part is a cover type discharge member having an operation part spout.

28. The bottle cap of claim 23, wherein, when the operated part descends by the operation part, an operation plate circular brim is hooked on a stopper of the main body so that the operated part does not return.

29. A bottle cap disposed in a content discharge direction of a container to contain heterogeneous materials, the bottle cap comprising:

a main body coupled to a neck of the container;

a containing part having a storage space inside the main body; and

an operated part is assembled in a direction of the containing part from an upper portion of the main body,

wherein the operated part descends by a separate operation part, when the separate operation part is rotated, the operated part descends to open an opening part which is connected to a lower end of the operated part to close a lower side of a storage space,

when the operated part descends, a first discharge hole sealed inside a support part is opened to communicate with a second discharge hole defined above the first discharge hole,

when the operated part descends, a content within the storage space is dropped and mixed into a container to form mixed contents, and

the mixed contents are discharged by a separate discharge unit disposed above the operation part.