JPH11105868A - Container for drink - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the drinking of a drink in a can body of a container for a drink easy. SOLUTION: A lip touch part 10 having a shape curved in the formed of a recessed surface opposed to a drinker's lower lip is formed at an upper end of a body 2 of a can 1 so as to be opposed to a pull tab 5. When a drink in the can 1 is drunk through a mouthpiece opened by manipulation of unsealing the pull tab 5, the lower lip is engaged with the lip touch part 10, and pressing feeling applied to the lower lip is reduced when the drink in the can 1 is drunk.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beverage container in which various beverages such as juice and beer are enclosed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a beverage container of this kind, a pull tab which is opened by a finger is connected to a lid of a can housing a beverage, and the lid of the can is pressed by a pull tab. An opening piece which is sometimes bent or deformed to open a drinking mouth is formed.

[0003]

The entire body of the can body of the can of the beverage container is formed in a convexly curved shape, and when the beverage in the can is to be drinkable through a spout opened in the lid of the can. The lower lip with a convex curved surface and the can body part with a convex curved surface are in contact with each other, so that the beverage spills out of the gap adjacent to the area where the lower lip contacts and drinks There is a problem that becomes difficult. An object of the present invention is to improve the contact state of the lower lip with the can body when drinking the beverage contained in the can body of the beverage container, reduce the feeling of pressure on the lower lip, and facilitate the flow of the beverage into the oral cavity. It is assumed that.

[0004]

The beverage container of the present invention comprises:
A beverage container in which a pull tab that opens a drinking opening by an opening operation is coupled to a lid of a can body, wherein the can body has a concavely curved shape, and the inside of the can body through the drinking opening is provided. It has a configuration in which a lip receptacle that the lower lip contacts when drinking a beverage is formed to face the pull tab.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when drinking the beverage in the can through the drinking opening opened by the opening operation of the pull tab, the lower lip is slightly in contact with the lip receiver having a concave curved curved shape. In this state, the upper lip and the lower lip are applied to the can body, and the feeling of pressure applied to the lower lip when drinking the beverage is reduced, so that the beverage can be easily poured into the oral cavity.

[0006]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0007] In a beverage container A used in a state in which a beverage is enclosed, a can 1 for containing the beverage is formed in a hollow shape by using an aluminum material, a steel material, or the like.

The can body 1 has a cylindrical can body 2, a lid 3 joined to the upper end of the can body 2 in a state where the upper end of the can body 2 is hermetically closed, and a can body. A bottom 4 coupled to the lower end of the can body 2 is formed in a state where the lower end of the portion 2 is hermetically closed.

On the lid 3 of the can 1, there is provided a pull tab 5 which is connected to the lid 3 by a caulking shaft 6 fixed at the center of the lid 3 and is opened by a finger.

The pull tab 5 has an operation portion 5a on which a finger is hooked at the time of opening operation, and a cutout groove 5b surrounding the caulking shaft 6 and having a substantially U-shaped curve.

A portion of the lid portion 3 of the can body 1 adjacent to the inner end of the pull tab 5 has a thin fragile portion 7 curved in a substantially C shape and a drinking port 9 surrounded by the fragile portion 7. And an opening piece 8 for closing the opening.

At the time of opening the beverage container A, when the operating portion 5a of the pull tab 5 is hooked with a fingertip and pulled up, the inner end of the pull tab 5 tilts downward with the swaging shaft 6 as a fulcrum, and the opening piece 8 is opened. It is pressed downward by the inner end of the pull tab 5.

When the unsealing piece 8 is pressed downward by the pull tab 5, the unsealing piece 8 bends and deforms downward while gradually tearing the fragile part 7 surrounding the unsealing piece 8, and is cut by the cut edge of the fragile part 7. The enclosed drinking spout 9 is opened in the lid 3 by bending deformation of the opening piece 8.

However, the beverage container A may be a container of a type in which the opening piece is separated from the lid of the can by opening the pull tab.

The can 1 has a concavely curved shape corresponding to the shape of the lower lip of the human body and has a concave shape. A lip receiver 10 that engages and contacts the lower lip is formed facing the pull tab 5 and the opening piece 8.

The lip receiver 10 is recessed near the upper end of the can body 2 obliquely below the opening piece 8 in a state where the lip receiver 10, the opening piece 8 and the pull tab 5 are arranged in a line.

When the beverage in the can 1 is to be drunk through the spout 9 opened in the lid 3 of the can 1 by the opening operation,
The upper lip covers the spout 9 and is applied to the lid 3, and the lower lip engages the lip receiver 10 to lightly touch the lip receiver 10, and the pressure applied to the lower lip when drinking a beverage is reduced. The state is such that the beverage is easily poured into the oral cavity.

According to the above embodiment, the convex lower lip and the concave curved lip receiver 10 are engaged when drinking the beverage in the can 1, so that the lower lip and the can The degree of close contact with No. 1 is increased, and it becomes easy to accept the drink into the lower lip,
It is possible to smooth the flow of the beverage into the oral cavity and to drink the beverage in the can 1 with less pressure applied to the lower lip.

[0019]

According to the present invention, since the convex lower lip and the concave lip receiver are engaged when drinking beverage in the can body, the lower lip and the can body are in close contact with each other. The degree of degree is increased, so that the beverage can be easily received into the lower lip, the flow of the beverage into the oral cavity can be facilitated, and the beverage in the can can be drunk with less pressure on the lower lip be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows one embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view of a beverage container.

FIG. 2 is also a plan view.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 4;

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing a state in which a drinking mouth is closed.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing a state where a drinking mouth is opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Can body 2 Can body 3 Lid 5 Pull tab 8 Opening piece 9 Drinking mouth 10 Lip holder A Drinking container

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A beverage container in which a pull tab that opens a drinking opening by an opening operation is coupled to a lid of a can body, wherein the can body has a concavely curved shape, A beverage container characterized in that a lip receptacle to which the lower lip contacts when drinking a beverage in a can body through a mouth is formed facing the pull tab.