CA2744037C

CA2744037C - Portable chargeable spraying bottle

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Publication number: CA2744037C
Application number: CA2744037A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Yi Ming Hui; Zhi Wang
Original assignee: DONGGUAN YIXIN MAGNETIC DISK Co Ltd
Current assignee: DONGGUAN YIXIN MAGNETIC DISK Co Ltd
Priority date: 2008-12-26
Filing date: 2009-06-19
Publication date: 2015-09-29
Anticipated expiration: 2029-06-19
Also published as: CA2744037A1; CO6400211A2; EP2383204A4; RU2493081C2; IL213780A0; BRPI0924083B1; US9738437B2; US10246249B2; WO2010072064A1; KR101445440B1; US20150183572A1; JP5590343B2; JP2012513939A; MX2011006822A; ZA201104899B; NZ594260A; MY165439A; EP2383204B1; US20170362015A1; AU2009329711B2

Abstract

A portable chargeable spraying bottle has an inner bottle (2), a nozzle assembly (1) equipped on the upper inner part of the inner bottle and a charging liquid structure placed at the bottom of the inner bottle. The charging liquid structure includes a charging liquid mouth (21) placed at the bottom of the inner bottle and a protuberant mandril (5) equipped on the charging liquid mouth. The mandril is located with a liquid charging passage (51) and a discharge opening (510) is located at the top of the liquid charging passage.
Furthermore the inner bottle is connected with an exhausting structure. The inventive spraying bottle is convenient for carrying and can be used for recycling charging liquid, thus saving the cost and protecting environment.

Description

Doe. No.: 125-34 CA/PCT CA 2,744,037 Patent PORTABLE CHARGEABLE SPRAYING BOTTLE
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field The present invention relates to a spray bottle which can carry and spray liquid, and more especially, to a portable chargeable spray bottle.

2. Description of Related Art Currently, the well-known portable spray bottle comprises a nozzle assembly, an inner bottle and an enclosure. The majority of spray bottles are used only once and thrown away when the liquid is used up. Though charging bottles with charging accessories appear in the market, they are complex, easy to spill and leak, and inconvenient. The current spray bottles made from plastic or glass causes environmental pollution when they are thrown away.
Besides, for manufacturers and consumers, disposable goods are uneconomical, resulting in the waste of productive materials. Another problem is that the large bottles are inconvenient to carry if they are used by consumers on the go.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a portable chargeable spray bottle, which is easy to carry, features simple operation and quick charging, and bears certain negative pressure.
Accordingly the present invention relates to a portable chargeable bottle comprising:
a body having an upper part and a bottom part;
a dispensing mechanism provided at the upper part;
a liquid charging structure provided at the bottom part, the liquid charging structure comprising:
a liquid charging mouth;
a piston provided in the liquid charging mouth;
a resetting structure of the piston, wherein a liquid charging passage is arranged in the piston and is fitted with a discharging opening in fluid communication with Doc. No.: 125-34 CA/PCT CA 2,744,037 Patent an interior of the bottle, and wherein the piston has a groove provided with a sealing ring; and an exhaust structure comprising at least one exhaust hole allowing air to escape to outside the bottle, wherein the exhaust hole is positioned to correspond with the groove of the piston; and an air duct extending to an upper portion of the bottle in fluid communication with the exhaust hole, wherein dynamic sealing is formed by the exhaust hole and the sealing ring.
Another aspect of the present invention relates to a portable chargeable bottle comprising:
a dispensing mechanism at an upper portion of the bottle;
a liquid charging mouth at a bottom of the bottle, a spring and a first bead, wherein the spring is configured to urge the first bead thereby sealing off an interior of the bottle from the liquid charging mouth as a default, and is released when the bottle is filled, so that the first bead no longer blocks the charging mouth and thereby allows liquid into the bottle, and an exhaust structure that comprises an exhaust hole provided at a lower part of the bottle, and an air duct interconnected with the exhaust hole and extending to the upper portion of the bottle, wherein a second bead is provided beneath the exhaust hole and positioned on a compression spring, so as to allow air to escape through the exhausted hole when the second bead is forced to compress the compression spring.
Another aspect of the present invention relates to a portable chargeable bottle comprising:
a dispensing mechanism at an upper portion of the bottle;
a liquid charging structure comprising a liquid charging mouth provided with a piston wherein the piston comprises a bottom pliable and resilient part and a top hard part to which the bottom pliable part is permanently attached, wherein the bottom pliable part, when not forced upward, seals off an interior of the bottle from the charging mouth, and when forced upward, the bottom pliable part is compressed, allowing liquid to enter the bottle via at least one gap between the piston and a wall of the bottle defining the charging mouth, and Doc. No.: 125-34 CA/PCT CA 2,744.037 Patent an exhaust structure comprising an exhaust hole provided in a lower part of the bottle and an air duct interconnected with the exhaust hole and extending to the upper portion of the bottle, wherein a gasket is provided at the bottom of the exhaust hole.
Yet another aspect of the present invention relates to a portable chargeable spray bottle comprising:
a bottle having an upper part and a lower part, a nozzle assembly equipped on the upper part of the bottle, and a liquid charging structure placed at the bottom of the bottle, selected from:
a liquid charging structure sealed by a bead, and a liquid charging structure sealed by silicon rubber, the liquid charging structure comprising:
a stepped liquid charging mouth, a protuberant grooved piston provided in the liquid charging mouth, and a resetting structure of the piston, wherein a liquid charging passage is arranged on the piston and is fitted with a discharging opening, and an exhaust structure comprising a gasket provided on the top of the nozzle assembly which is installed on the upper part of the bottle, wherein at least one pore extends through the gasket, whereby pressurized air inside the bottle impels the at least one pore, such that the at least one pore is enlarged and the pressurized air can be drained away via the exhaust hole, and when exhaust is complete, the gasket resets to block and seal exhaust hole.
The reverse buckling or threaded connection can be adopted for the nozzle assembly installed on the upper part of inner bottle, which is beneficial to sealing and hard to loosen. It is possible to use other connection modes in other embodiments.
With the abovementioned structures, the spray bottle is convenient for carrying and can be reused, thus reducing the waste of resources. The user can quickly charge the spray bottle through charging structure instead of throwing it away once the liquid in the bottle is used up.
Consequently, it can save the cost and protect the environment. In addition, the exhaust

3 Doc. No.: 125-34 CA/PCT CA 2,744,037 Patent structure arranged in the present invention can ensure that it can bear certain negative pressure and work normally during air transport or in high altitude localities.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is the left view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is the sectional view of A-A in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is the front view of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is the sectional view of B-I3 in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is the schematic view of Embodiment 2 of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is the partial amplified view of H part in FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is schematic view of liquid charging structure sealed by bead;
FIG. 8 is schematic view of liquid charging structure sealed by silicon rubber;
FIG. 9 is the schematic view of realization mode 1 of Embodiment 3;
FIG. 10 is the partial amplified view of .1 part in FIG. 7;
FIG. 11 is the schematic view of realization mode 2 of Embodiment 3;
FIG. 12 is the schematic view of Embodiment 4;
FIG. 13 is the partial amplified view of K part in FIG. 9;
FIG. 14 is the schematic view of liquid charging state of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
For a better understanding of those skilled in this art, the basic structure of present invention is further detailed by the embodiments in combination with the drawings as below.
As shown in FIG. 1-6, the present invention comprises a nozzle assembly 1 and an inner bottle 2, wherein the pressing nozzle in the prior art is equipped in nozzle assembly 1, including the nozzle used in the bottle of scent, shampoo, gel and medical liquid. It is

4 Doc. No.: 125-34 CA/PCT Patent unnecessary to give details about the structural principles. The nozzle assembly 1 is installed in the upper mouth of the inner bottle 2 and is connected through reverse buckling or thread. They are closely fitted, so it is easy and fast to assembly them.
Obviously, it is possible to use other connection modes in other embodiments.
Moreover, to give a fantastic aesthetic perception, the inner bottle 2 can be equipped on the decorative enclosure 3.
A bare stepped liquid charging mouth 21 is equipped at the bottom of inner bottle 2.
The liquid charging mouth 21 is fitted with a piston 5 in which a liquid charging passage 51 is installed. The opening 510 of liquid charging passage 51 is located on the top of piston 5. A stop block 52 with one flared end is equipped on the top of piston

5. The first sealing ring 53 capable of performing static sealing is arranged on the stop block 52 and seals the inner bottle 2 and liquid charging mouth 21 when out of charging.
The protuberant piston 5 is equipped on the stepped liquid charging mouth 21 and is provided with a compression spring 56. The compression spring 56 is equipped between the first step surface 210 of stepped liquid charging mouth 21 and stop block 52. The piston 5 is pushed downwards by the spring 56. Then the stop block 52 is driven to compress the first sealing ring 53 to perform static sealing towards inner bottle 2. The piston 5 is provided with a groove in between its bottom and the stop block 52, in which the second sealing ring 54 is equipped. The bottom of piston 5 is designed as a concave surface on which the third sealing ring 57 used to prevent liquid from leaking during liquid charging is equipped. Furthermore, the liquid charging structure can adopt other modes, such as the liquid charging structure sealed by bead, as shown in FIG 7, and one sealed by silicon rubber, as shown in FIG 8.
When the spray bottle is charged, the air inside the inner bottle 2 is compressed, resulting in the increase of pressure. As a result, if without an exhaust structure, the failure Doc. No.: 125-34 CA/PCT Patent of exhaust air will cause an obstacle to charging. As well, the spray bottle may be damaged or cannot be fully charged. To address the problem above, an exhaust structure is arranged in the inner bottle 2. The present invention will be further perfected in combination with the embodiments.
Embodiment 1: As shown in FIG 4, an exhaust hole A is equipped on the upper part of inner bottle 2. The exhaust hole A penetrates the side wall of inner bottle and is interconnected with the outside. When charging, the air inside the inner bottle 2 is compressed, resulting in the increase of pressure. The air inside the inner bottle 2 is exhausted via exhaust hole A. Since the exhaust hole A is interconnected with the outside and is relatively small, it is easy to be blocked by dust and unwanted objects. The liquid in the bottle may flow out through exhaust hole A due to air pressure in the plane or localities with high air pressure, so other embodiments will be stated as below.
Embodiment 2: as shown in FIG 5 and 6, an exhaust hole B is equipped on the lower inner part of inner bottle 2 and corresponds to the groove of piston 5. An air duct 24 is interconnected with exhaust hole B and extends to the upper inner part of the inner bottle 2. Accordingly, the air in the inner bottle 2 can be exhausted through air duct 24 and exhaust hole B. The dynamic sealing is formed by the second sealing ring 54 in the groove at the bottom of piston 5 and exhaust hole B. That is, when charging, the second sealing ring 54 moves upwards driven by the piston and separates from exhaust hole B, so that, the air duct 24 is directly connected with atmosphere; the second sealing ring 54 is compressed in the exhaust hole B in normal status, and the air duct 24 is blocked from atmosphere, thus forming sealing. Obviously, the simultaneous use can be carried out for Embodiment 1 and 2. That is to say, the exhaust hole A and B can coexist in the inner bottle 2.

6 Doc. No.: 125-34 CA/PCT Patent Embodiment 3: as shown in FIG. 9 and 10, Embodiment 3 differs from Embodiment 2 in arrangement of exhaust hole. In the realization mode 1 of this embodiment, an exhaust hole C is equipped on the lower inner part of inner bottle and interconnected with the air duct 24 extending to upper inner part of inner bottle 2. A silicon rubber gasket 61 is equipped at the bottom of the exhaust hole C and is provided with various pores along the axis. As shown in FIG 11, in another realization mode of this embodiment, a silicon rubber gasket 68 is equipped on the top of nozzle assembly 1 installed on the upper part of inner bottle 2, wherein various pores are arranged on the silicon rubber gasket 68 along its axis. Of course, the simultaneous use can be carried out for Embodiment 1 and 3. That is to say, the exhaust hole A and C can coexist in the inner bottle 2, or both the silicon rubber gasket 68 and exhaust hole A are set in the inner bottle, or the three parts coexist.
Embodiment 4: as shown in FIG 12 and 13, an exhaust hole D is equipped on the lower inner part of inner bottle 2, and an air duct 24 is interconnected with exhaust hole D
and extends to upper inner part of inner bottle 2. A bead 58 is equipped at the bottom of exhaust hole D and on the compression spring 59, wherein the compression spring 59 is set on the lower inner part of inner bottle 2. Obviously, the simultaneous use can be carried out for Embodiment 1 and 4. That is to say, the exhaust hole A and D
can coexist in the inner bottle 2.
As shown in FIG. 14, when the spray bottle is charged, the nozzle of the external large bottle is aligned with liquid charging mouth 21, thus the opening of liquid charging passage 51 of piston is aimed at the nozzle of the external large bottle. Then the spray bottle is pressed down to drive the piston 5 to move upwards and compress spring 56.
Furthermore, the first sealing ring 53 on the piston 5 is separated from the sloped side wall 212 on the top of liquid charging mouth 21, and the inner bottle 2 is connected with liquid charging mouth 21, namely it is connected with liquid charging passage 51.
Under certain

7 Doc. No.: 125-34 CA/PCT Patent pressure in the large bottle, the liquid in the large bottle enters liquid charging mouth 21 and then the inner bottle 2 via liquid charging passage 51.
Following the liquid in the large bottle entering inner bottle 2, the compressed air in inner bottle 2 results in the increase of pressure, so the air is required to be exhausted so as to ensure continuous charging. In Embodiment 1, the air is drained away via exhaust hole A.
In Embodiment 2, when charging, the second sealing ring 54 moves upwards and separates from exhaust hole B; the air duct 24 is directly connected with atmosphere; the air in inner bottle 2 is compressed, which causes the pressure to increase;
the air is drained away through air duct 24 and exhaust hole B. Upon stopping charging, the second sealing ring 54 moves downwards to seal exhaust hole B. Consequently, the liquid in inner bottle 2 fails to flow out, and the air duct 24 is blocked from atmosphere. After the charging is finished, the nozzle of the large bottle and piston 5 are disconnected. The piston 5 can move backwards with the help of spring 56. The first sealing ring 53 arranged on stop block 52 contacts the upper part of sloped side wall 212 on the liquid charging mouth 21, thus forming sealing and completing charging.
In the realization mode 1 of Embodiment 3, when the air inside inner bottle 2 is connected with silicon rubber gasket 61, which has no pores in it, the surface of silicon rubber gasket 61 is compressed to make it deform. Thus, the air can be exhausted from the circumference of the silicon rubber gasket 61. When pores are available in silicon rubber gasket 61, the air inside inner bottle 2 impels the pores to have a radial extension. As a result, the pores on silicon rubber gasket 61 are enlarged and the air can be drained away via exhaust hole C. When exhaust is complete, silicon rubber gasket 61 resets to block exhaust hole C and seal it. In the realization mode 2 of Embodiment 3, the air inside inner

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Patent bottle 2 impels the pores on silicon rubber gasket 68 to have a radial extension, so the air can be drained away via pores on silicon rubber gasket 68. Then, the sealing is realized when the pores of silicon rubber gasket 68 recover.
In Embodiment 4, the bead 58 compressed by air in inner bottle 2 impels the compression spring 59 to move downwards. The air is drained away via exhaust hole D
when bead 58 is separated from it. With exhaust completed, the compression spring 59 supports bead 58, thus it can block the opening of exhaust hole D and form excellent sealing.
A variety of liquid charging structures can be used in the exhaust structure in other embodiments. As for the preferred embodiments of the present invention above, the substitutions made towards the present invention without deviating from the concept of the present invention are all within the protective scope of the present invention.

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Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A portable chargeable bottle comprising:
a body having an upper part and a bottom part;
a dispensing mechanism provided at the upper part;
a liquid charging structure provided at the bottom part, the liquid charging structure comprising:
a liquid charging mouth;
a piston provided in the liquid charging mouth;
a resetting structure of the piston, wherein a liquid charging passage is arranged in the piston and is fitted with a discharging opening in fluid communication with an interior of the bottle, and wherein the piston has a groove provided with a sealing ring; and an exhaust structure comprising at least one exhaust hole allowing air to escape to outside the bottle, wherein the exhaust hole is positioned to correspond with the groove of the piston; and an air duct extending to an upper portion of the bottle in fluid communication with the exhaust hole, wherein dynamic sealing is formed by the exhaust hole and the sealing ring.

2. The bottle of claim 1, wherein said bottom part of the bottle is configured to incorporate part of the exhaust structure.

3. The bottle of claim 1 or 2, wherein said dynamic sealing is fanned as a result of a gap that is formed between the piston and the body, wherein at an uncharged state the sealing ring blocks the gap from the duct.

4. The bottle of claim 1 or 2, wherein a gasket is provided at a bottom of the exhaust hole, and wherein the gasket further comprises at least one pore extending therethrough, whereby pressurized air inside the bottle impels the at least one pore to have a radial extension, such that the at least one pore is enlarged and the pressurized air is drained away via the exhaust hole, and when exhaust is complete, the gasket resets to block and seal the exhaust hole.

5. The bottle of claim 4, wherein the gasket comprises silicon rubber.

6. A portable chargeable bottle comprising:
a dispensing mechanism at an upper portion of the bottle;
a liquid charging mouth at a bottom of the bottle, a spring and a first bead, wherein the spring is configured to urge the first bead thereby sealing off an interior of the bottle from the liquid charging mouth as a default, and is released when the bottle is filled, so that the first bead no longer blocks the charging mouth and thereby allows liquid into the bottle, and an exhaust structure that comprises an exhaust hole provided at a lower part of the bottle, and an air duct interconnected with the exhaust hole and extending to the upper portion of the bottle, wherein a second bead is provided beneath the exhaust hole and positioned on a compression spring, so as to allow air to escape through the exhausted hole when the second bead is forced to compress the compression spring.

7. A portable chargeable bottle comprising:
a dispensing mechanism at an upper portion of the bottle;
a liquid charging structure comprising a liquid charging mouth provided with a piston wherein the piston comprises a bottom pliable and resilient part and a top hard part to which the bottom pliable part is permanently attached, wherein the bottom pliable part, when not forced upward, seals off an interior of the bottle from the charging mouth, and when forced upward, the bottom pliable part is compressed, allowing liquid to enter the bottle via at least one gap between the piston and a wall of the bottle defining the charging mouth, and an exhaust structure comprising an exhaust hole provided in a lower part of the bottle and an air duct interconnected with the exhaust hole and extending to the upper portion of the bottle, wherein a gasket is provided at the bottom of the exhaust hole.

8. The bottle of claim 7, wherein the gasket comprises silicon rubber.

9. The bottle of claim 7 or 8, wherein the gasket further comprises at least one pore extending therethrough, whereby pressurized air inside the bottle impels the at least one pore to have a radial extension, such that the at least one pore is enlarged and the pressurized air is drained away via the exhaust hole, and when exhaust is complete, the gasket resets to block and seal exhaust hole.

10. The bottle of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the dispensing mechanism includes a spray nozzle assembly.

11. A portable chargeable spray bottle comprising:
a bottle having an upper part and a lower part, a nozzle assembly equipped on the upper part of the bottle, and a liquid charging structure placed at the bottom of the bottle, selected from:
a liquid charging structure sealed by a bead, and a liquid charging structure sealed by silicon rubber, the liquid charging structure comprising:
a stepped liquid charging mouth, a protuberant grooved piston provided in the liquid charging mouth, and a resetting structure of the piston, wherein a liquid charging passage is arranged on the piston and is fitted with a discharging opening, and an exhaust structure comprising a gasket provided on the top of the nozzle assembly which is installed on the upper part of the bottle, wherein at least one pore extends through the gasket, whereby pressurized air inside the bottle impels the at least one pore, such that the at least one pore is enlarged and the pressurized air can be drained away via the exhaust hole, and when exhaust is complete, the gasket resets to block and seal exhaust hole.

12. The bottle of claim 1, wherein a stop block with flared end is provided on a top portion of the piston, and wherein a second sealing ring capable of performing sealing is provided on the stop block.