Bottle cap

• US 9,617,051 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2014
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• 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): Stashick, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): POOS, MADISON LYNN
• Application Number:
  US14/322,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20150001108A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,014 Days
• Field of Search: 206219, 206221, 206568, 215227, 215228, 215316, 2202541, 2202547, 2202548, 220521
• 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; and

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

wherein an operated part assembled in a direction of a receiving part from an upper portion of the main body comprises an opening part on a lower end thereof to seal an opening hole of the storage space,

an upper auxiliary space defined by coupling the operated part to the main body is sealed from the storage space defined thereunder, and

when the operated part is pushed, a content within the auxiliary space is dropped into the lower storage space, and simultaneously, a content within the storage is dropped and mixed into the container through the opening hole defined by opening the opening part while the operated part descends.

2. The bottle cap of claim 1, wherein the content within the storage space of the containing part and the content within the auxiliary space defined above the storage space are separated from each other because the operated part coupled in a center of a support part of the main body is closely assembled, and

when an operation plate disposed above the operated part is pushed, the operated part descends to expose a first discharge hole defined inside the support part, and simultaneously, the content within the auxiliary space is dropped into the storage space through the first discharge hole.

3. The bottle cap of claim 1, wherein a first discharge hole and the auxiliary space communicate with each other.

4. The bottle cap of claim 1, wherein a content is put into the auxiliary space through a vertical hole of the operated part, and the vertical hole is sealed as a separate space sealing part.

5. The bottle cap of claim 1, wherein an elastic stopper corresponding part for maintaining sealing to an outer circumference of an operation plate is disposed to provide air-tightness between the operated part and the main body.

6. The bottle cap of claim 5, wherein, when the stopper corresponding part is hooked on a stopper of the main body, the stopper corresponding part does not return to prevent the bottle cap from being reused.

7. The bottle cap of claim 1, wherein a protection cover or a protection plate is disposed to protect the operated part.

9. The bottle cap of claim 1, wherein a cut-out surface having a cutting line is disposed on the bottom of the auxiliary space so that the content within the auxiliary space is dropped into the storage space defined thereunder when the operated part is pushed, and

a long protrusion having a predetermined length is disposed above the cut-out surface so that the cut-out surface is broken when the operated part is pushed.

10. The bottle cap of claim 9, wherein, when the content is put into the auxiliary space, a portion of the auxiliary space is punched to put the content through the punched corresponding portion, and then the punched corresponding portion is sealed.

8. 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 inside the main body,

wherein an operated part assembled in a direction of a receiving part from an upper portion of the main body comprises an opening part on a lower end thereof to seal an opening hole of the storage space,

an upper auxiliary space defined by coupling the operated part to the main body is sealed from the storage space defined thereunder, and

when the operated part is pushed, a content within the auxiliary space is dropped into the lower storage space, and simultaneously, a content within the storage space is dropped and mixed into the container through the opening hole defined by opening the opening part while the operated part descends.

11. 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 inside the main body,

wherein the storage space of the containing part has an opening hole sealed by an end of an operated part coupled to an upper portion of the main body to extend,

an auxiliary space in which an other content is put is defined under the opening part and an end sealed by a protection plate, and

when the operated part is pushed, an opening part connected to the end of the operated part descends to open an opening hole, and simultaneously, the protection is opened by the end of the opening part to drop and mix a content within the storage space and the content within the auxiliary space into a space within the container.

12. The bottle cap of claim 11, wherein an operation part stopper is disposed between an upper operation plate of the operated part and the main body to prevent the operation plate from being pushed randomly.

13. The bottle cap of claim 11, wherein a stopper is disposed on the main body corresponding to the operated part to prevent the operated part from returning after the operated part descends.

14. The bottle cap of claim 11, wherein the operated part is coupled in a center of a support part, and a sealing ring is disposed between the support part and the operated part to maintain sealing between the main body and the operated part.

15. The bottle cap of claim 11, wherein a punching pin is disposed on a lower end of the opening part closing the opening hole of the storage space to easily break a protection plate of the auxiliary space.

16. The bottle cap of claim 11, wherein the containing part having the storage space is assembled with the main body of the container.

17. 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 inside the main body,

wherein the storage space of the containing part is sealed by an opening part connected to an end of an operated part lengthily extending from an upper portion of the main body to the storage space,

a separate auxiliary space separated from the storage space defined thereunder is defined above a top surface of the operated part extending from an upper portion of the main body to a side of the storage space, and

when the operated part is pushed, a content within the auxiliary space is dropped into the lower storage space, and simultaneously, a content within the storage space is dropped and mixed into the container through an opening hole defined by opening the opening part.

18. The bottle cap of claim 17, wherein the operated part is closely attached to an inner wall of the support part of the main body to maintain air-tightness between the auxiliary space and the storage space.

19. The bottle cap of claim 17, wherein a discharge hole is defined in a lower lateral side of the auxiliary space, and a sealing ring is disposed on an outer circumference of an lower end of the discharge hole to maintain air-tightness between the storage space and the auxiliary space before the operated part gets out of the support part of the main body.

20. The bottle cap of claim 17, wherein an auxiliary space sealing plug is disposed on an upper side of the auxiliary space.

21. The bottle cap of claim 20, wherein a protection plate is disposed above the operated part comprising the auxiliary space sealing plug.

22. The bottle cap of claim 17, wherein an operation part stopper is disposed between the operation plate of the operated part and the main body to prevent the operated part from descending randomly.

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; and

an auxiliary space defined under a top surface of the main body,

a containing part having a storage space separated from the auxiliary space is assembled inside the main body having the auxiliary space,

an operated part extending lengthily is disposed in a central axis direction of the auxiliary space and the storage space,

after a content is put into the auxiliary space, a sealing opening part is assembled in the center of the central axis of the operated part,

after a content is put into the storage space, an opening part is assembled with an end of the central axis of the operated part to seal an opening hole of the storage space,

an upper side of the operated part is sealed by a support part of the main body to separate the content within the storage space from the content within the auxiliary space, and

since the operated part comprises an operation plate, when the operation plate is pushed, the content within the auxiliary space and the content within the storage space are dropped and mixed into a space within the container.

24. The bottle cap of claim 23, wherein an operation part stopper is disposed between the operation plate of the operated part and the main body to prevent the operated part from being pushed randomly.