EP2861105A1 - Valve double pour tasse anti-fuite, et tasse correspondante - Google Patents
Valve double pour tasse anti-fuite, et tasse correspondanteInfo
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- EP2861105A1 EP2861105A1 EP13729394.0A EP13729394A EP2861105A1 EP 2861105 A1 EP2861105 A1 EP 2861105A1 EP 13729394 A EP13729394 A EP 13729394A EP 2861105 A1 EP2861105 A1 EP 2861105A1
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- Prior art keywords
- valve
- cup
- double
- liquid
- passage
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
- A47G19/00—Table service
- A47G19/22—Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
- A47G19/2205—Drinking glasses or vessels
- A47G19/2266—Means for facilitating drinking, e.g. for infants or invalids
- A47G19/2272—Means for facilitating drinking, e.g. for infants or invalids from drinking glasses or cups comprising lids or covers
Definitions
- Double valve for anti-leak cup, and corresponding cup Double valve for anti-leak cup, and corresponding cup.
- the field of the invention is that of childcare. More specifically, the invention relates to leakage cups for children and, in particular, the sealing of such cups anti-leak.
- the invention relates to a dual valve for cooperating with a lid of a leak-proof cup.
- the anti-leak cups are composed of a cup for containing a liquid, and a lid with a neck for a child to drink easily.
- Such anti-leakage cups also generally include an air inlet, to balance the pressures between the inside and the outside of the cup. To achieve an effective seal, it is important that the liquid inside the cup does not spill when spilled, or even when it is shaken. On the other hand, when a child sucks at the level of the neck, the liquid must pass easily, so that the child can drink without difficulty.
- valves cooperating with the lid and comprising a first valve controlling the entry of air into the cup and a second valve allowing the passage of a liquid from the inside of the cup to the mouth of the cup. the child.
- Such a double valve is for example described in patent document EP 1 014 839 B1.
- This valve comprises a valve having an opening and being placed in a locking member having a wall impervious to the passage of a liquid.
- the opening is pressed against the wall and blocks the passage of the liquid.
- the material emerges from the wall and the opening then allows the passage of liquid.
- a disadvantage of such valves is that the flow is not sufficient which forces the child to exert a relatively strong pressure to obtain a good flow which is not satisfactory.
- valves are composed of several elements, which frequently causes malfunctions between these different elements and therefore prejudices the flow rate or the pressure necessary to obtain a suitable flow, which is not the case. more satisfactory. This can also be problematic in the sealing of the leak-proof cup.
- valves require the implementation of complex means in the form of several elements which generates a relatively high cost and can complicate maintenance.
- the invention particularly aims to overcome at least some of these various disadvantages of the prior art.
- an object of the invention is to provide a valve to optimize the performance of a leak-proof cup by providing the possibility of obtaining a sufficient flow while exerting pressure relatively suitable for a child.
- Another object of the invention is, according to at least one embodiment, to provide a good seal, when the cup is reversed or shaken.
- the invention also aims, according to at least one embodiment, to provide such a valve which eliminates, or at least reduces, the risk of malfunctions due to the presence of several parts.
- Yet another object of at least one embodiment of the invention is to provide such a valve to reduce or eliminate the sealing problems of a leak-proof cup implementing such a valve.
- Another objective of at least one embodiment is to provide such a valve that is simple to implement, maintain, and inexpensive.
- a double valve intended to cooperate with a a leak-proof cup for a child, having a first valve, for introducing air into the cup, and a second valve for passage of liquid from the interior of the cup to outside of it.
- the first valve has in its upper part a duckbill valve, allowing the passage of air to the inside of said cup;
- the second valve has an upper outer surface at least partially concave, forming a valve allowing the passage of said liquid to the outside of said cup.
- Said first and second valves are oriented in opposite directions, the direction of a valve being defined from its base towards its valve.
- the invention proposes a novel and inventive approach to implement a dual valve composed of two valves of distinct structures and opposite directions of their orientation, the particular combination is very effective. Indeed, the implementation of these two valves, one in duckbill that must allow air to pass through and the other penetrating into the neck of the lid and which must allow the liquid to pass, allows the valve in beak duck to offset the action of the other valve, while preventing the liquid from escaping from the cup.
- the second valve may define a decreasing truncated oval section, from its base to the upper outer portion, at least two degrees, the lower degree having a perimeter greater than the upper degree, and the higher degree being dimensioned so as not to come in contact with the edges of the neck.
- the higher degree may have a thickness less than the thickness of the lower degree.
- the second valve may also comprise, at its base, a groove, so that a wall of the neck of the lid can be housed in the groove, for the maintain effectively connected to the lid.
- first valve and the second valve are connected by a connecting portion.
- the connecting portion is formed such that the end of the first valve is substantially recessed relative to the base of the second valve so as not to deteriorate when the lid is, by example, placed on a table.
- This feature allows to limit the overall size of the valve, and, if necessary, to maintain the entire valve in the interior volume of the lid. This allows in particular to prevent the first valve is damaged when the cover is laid flat.
- the dual valve may be silicone, and may be manufactured by injection.
- the double valve is such that, in a functional manner:
- the first valve prevents passage of said liquid to the outside of said cup and allows air to enter said cup, when the difference between the pressure on the inner surface of said first valve and the pressure on the outer surface of said first valve is greater than a first trigger threshold;
- the second valve allows the passage of said liquid towards the outside of said cup when the difference between the pressure on the inner surface of said second valve and the pressure on the outer surface of said second valve is greater than a second trigger threshold, to contain said liquid in said cup until said second threshold is reached.
- the first trigger threshold being lower than the second trigger threshold allows the duckbill valve to compensate for the action of the other valve.
- the invention also relates to a leak-proof cup for children, comprising a lid adapted to cooperate with such a double valve. 5.
- Figure 1 illustrates in side view, an embodiment of a dual valve according to the invention
- Figure 2 shows in perspective a double valve according to the embodiment of Figure 1, implemented within a leak-proof cup lid;
- FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic representation of the respective opening characteristics of the first and second valves;
- Figure 4 shows the assembly formed by a cup and a double valve according to the invention.
- the invention therefore proposes a double valve for leak-proof cup for children.
- An example of a leak-proof cup embodying the invention is shown in FIG. 4. It comprises a container 41 that can be closed by a lid 42, for example screwable. This lid 42 has a spout 421, allowing a child to drink a liquid contained in the container, and a vent 422, allowing the passage of air inside the cup.
- spout 421 and vent 422 are covered with a removable cap 44.
- the lid has, on its inner face, elements for receiving a double valve 43 according to the invention, comprising:
- a first duckbill valve allowing the passage of air to homogenize the pressure between the outside environment and the inside of the cup from a first pressure threshold, and a second valve penetrating the inside the neck of the lid, allowing the passage of the liquid from a second pressure threshold, the first threshold being lower than the second threshold.
- the concave shape of this second valve allows it, when the cup anti-leak is upside down, to only suffer the pressure exerted by the liquid in the cup which is not sufficient to force the opening of this valve and therefore the passage of the liquid.
- the depression it creates causes a collapse of the concave shape that causes the opening of the slot and let the liquid.
- FIG. 1 is a side view of a double valve according to this embodiment while FIG. 2 presents in perspective a double valve according to the embodiment of FIG. 1, implemented within a cup lid. leakproof.
- a valve comprises, according to the vocabulary of the present description, a first end, or inlet end, also called base, through which a flow (air or liquid, depending on the valve) can penetrate. This flow exits the valve through a second end, or outlet end, also called valve, when a sufficient pressure difference actuates the opening of the valve.
- the inlet end is connected to the outlet end by a barrel.
- the direction of a valve is defined as the direction from the inlet end, or base, of a valve towards its outlet end, or valve.
- the double valve 1 of the invention therefore comprises a first valve 2 allowing the introduction of air inside a leak-proof cup (not shown in the figures) and a second valve 3 allowing the passage of a liquid from inside the cup to the outside of it.
- the double valve is intended to cooperate with a lid 9, Figure 2, (or 42, Figure 4) of the leak-proof cup and to be housed at a neck 91 formed in the lid 9
- the double valve is made by silicone injection.
- the first valve 2 is a duckbill valve formed of a bottom portion, or base, 21 of cylindrical shape, an intermediate portion, or barrel, 22, and an upper portion 23 having a valve, called "duckbill" , Of beveled shape and having at its end a valve 24 to allow air to enter the interior of the cup.
- the lower portion 21 cooperates with the walls of a through opening 93 formed in the cover 9, so as to hold the double valve in place. Thus, the outside air entering through the through hole 93 can enter through the opening of the valve 24 into the cup.
- the direction, illustrated by the arrow SENS1, of the first valve is defined from its lower part, or base, 21 to its upper part 23 carrying the valve duckbill.
- the duckbill 23 has two walls 231 and 232 which meet in a contact portion forming the valve 24 itself. At rest, the two walls are in contact with one another at the contact portion, closing the valve. When the pressure difference is sufficient, the walls move away from each other, opening the valve 24.
- the duckbill 23 defines a convex surface, viewed from the outside of the valve.
- the contact portion 233 therefore corresponds to the upper part of the valve.
- the second valve 3 is a truncated stem valve of decreasing oval section, from its base 35 to an upper outer portion 32, defining the structural direction of the valve, illustrated by the arrow SENS2.
- the upper outer portion 32 has a partially concave upper surface viewed from the outside of the valve, the concave region being centered on a flat surface.
- This concave surface has a valve formed by a slot 321 allowing the passage of a liquid from the inside of the cup to the outside of the cup, when the pressure difference is sufficient to ensure removal one of the other of the lips of the slot 321.
- the oval section of the barrel of the second valve is decreasing (from its base to the top), and has two degrees, namely a lower degree and a higher degree 31.
- the first and second valves are oriented in a substantially vertical direction, when the cup is placed on a table, but in a direction opposite to one another.
- the direction of the structural direction of the valve 2, SENS1 is opposite to the direction of the structural direction of the valve 3, SENS2.
- the base 21 of the first valve 2 is located at an end opposite the base 35 of the second valve 3.
- the base 21 of the first valve is situated “at the top” of the first valve 2, while the base 35 of the second valve is located “at the bottom” of the second valve 3.
- the upper degree 31 of the valve 3 has a thickness less than the thickness of the lower degree. In this way, a relatively high rigidity is obtained which allows, on the one hand, the valve to play its role effectively without interaction, and on the other hand to eliminate or at least reduce the risk of deterioration of the opening of the valve, when installed on the lid.
- the second valve further comprises, at its base 35, a flap 34 defining a groove 341 formed so that a wall of the neck of the lid 9 is housed in the groove and comes into contact with the bottom of this groove 341.
- This flap is delimited by an upper surface corresponding to the base 35, located at an altitude greater than the end 24 of the first valve 2, and by a lower surface 342 substantially at the same altitude as the lower surface of the intermediate portion 22 of the first valve.
- the end 24 of the first valve 2 is protected: when the lid is detached from the cup, the lid then resting on this base 35. Similarly, when the double valve 1 is detached from the lid, and for example placed on a table, it rests on the base 35, without the end 24 comes into contact with the table.
- the first valve 2 and the second valve 3 are connected via a connecting portion 4 whose lower surface is coplanar with the lower surface of the intermediate portion 22 and the bottom surface 342 of the flap.
- a valve opens when the pressure on the inner surfaces of this valve (Pint) is sufficiently greater than the pressure on its outer surfaces (Pext).
- the curve referenced A represents the characteristic curve of the first valve 2.
- the first valve 2 is hermetic to the passage of fluid, in this case air, from the outside towards inside the cup when the pressure on the outer surface Pextl (that is to say inside the cup) is greater than the pressure on the inner surface Pintl.
- a first trigger threshold SI When the differential between the internal pressure Pintl and the external pressure Pextl becomes greater than a first trigger threshold SI, the valve 2 opens and allows the passage of air between the outside and inside of the cup. The air can therefore, from this threshold value SI, enter the cup. The passage of air into the cup is possible from this threshold value SI and to differential values higher than this threshold value. As soon as the differential Pintl-Pextl returns below this threshold SI, the valve 2 closes.
- This threshold S 1 may for example be between 20 cm H20 and 30 cm H20 (substantially between 1950 Pa and 2950 Pa)
- the curve referenced B represents the characteristic curve of the second valve 3, allowing the passage of the liquid in the cup, when a child applies a depression by suction.
- the second valve is hermetic to the passage of fluid, in this case the liquid contained in the cup, from the inside to the outside of the cup when the pressure Pext2 on the outer surface of the valve 3 is greater than the pressure Pint2 on the inner surface of the valve 3, and as long as the pressure differential Pint2-Pext2 did not reach a second S2 trip threshold.
- the value of the second trigger threshold corresponds substantially to the value of the depression caused by the suction of a child.
- This threshold S2 may for example be between 40 cm H20 and 80 cm H20 (ie substantially between 3920 Pa and 7850 Pa).
- FIG. 3 also shows that the first valve 2 is, regardless of the value of the differential, hermetic to the passage of fluid from the inside of the cup to the outside and that the second valve is, whatever the value of the differential, hermetic the passage of fluid from the outside of the cup inwards.
- the value SI of the trigger threshold of the first valve is lower than the value S2 of the trigger threshold of the second valve.
- the first valve 2 opens as soon as the threshold SI reached.
- the second valve 3 opens later, when the pressure differential between the outside and the inside of the cup reaches the threshold S2.
- the first valve 2 opens with a pressure difference Pint-Pext less than that of the second valve 3.
- the second valve closes more quickly, as soon as the differential returns below the threshold S2.
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FR1255695A FR2992047B1 (fr) | 2012-06-18 | 2012-06-18 | Valve double pour tasse anti-fuite, et tasse correspondante |
PCT/EP2013/062647 WO2013189940A1 (fr) | 2012-06-18 | 2013-06-18 | Valve double pour tasse anti-fuite, et tasse correspondante |
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EP2861105B1 EP2861105B1 (fr) | 2016-08-10 |
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