Container Cap and Container Having Same Coupled Thereto

This application is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 17/766,191, having 371(c) date of Apr. 1, 2022, which was a National Stage application of PCT/KR2020/013891, filed on Oct. 12, 2020, and claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2019-0127918, filed on Oct. 10, 2019, No. 10-2019-0129355, filed on Oct. 17, 2019, No. 10-2019-0147193, filed on Nov. 11, 2019, No. 10-2019-0180213, filed on Dec. 31, 2019, No. 10-2020-0031451, filed on Mar. 11, 2020, No. 10-2020-0070922, filed on Jun. 9, 2020, No. 10-2020-0090952, filed on Jul. 20, 2020, No. 10-2020-0092975, filed on Jul. 27, 2020, No. 10-2020-0092974, filed on Jul. 27, 2020, No. 10-2020-0104642, filed on Aug. 18, 2020, and No. 10-2020-0090631 filed on Jul. 21, 2020, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

The present invention relates to a container cap, and more particularly, to a container cap coupled to a container inlet of a container containing contents, and a container to which the container cap is coupled.

A container cap is coupled to a container inlet of a container containing contents to seal the container, and various types of container caps are coupled according to the type of contents contained in the container and discharging and opening manners.

is a perspective view illustrating a container to which a container cap is coupled according to the related art.

The container cap according to the related art may be a container cap coupled to a containercontaining contents in the form of granules such as gum and be configured as illustrated in.

Particularly, the container capillustrated inaccording to the related art includes a body partcoupled to a container inlet of the containercontaining contents and opened upward, a cover partcoupled to the body partto open and close an upper opening of the body part, and a use trace beltcoupled to a lower end of the cover partand an upper end of the body partand separated from the cover partand the body partby a user to allow the cover partto open and close the upper opening of the body part.

Here, the use trace beltis coupled to the lower end of the cover partand the upper end of the body partand is separated from the cover partand the body partby the user to allow the cover partto open and close the upper opening of the body.

In addition, the use trace beltis characterized in that the use trace beltis formed together when the container capis formed by plastic injection molding, is coupled to the lower end of the cover partand the upper end of the body part, and is removed after being separated from the lower end of the cover partand the upper end of the body partalong cut structure made in the lower end of the cover partand the upper end of the body partor separation linesandsuch as a plurality of bridges.

However, as waste plastics are the main culprit of environmental pollution due to the recent rapid increase in amount of used plastics, there is a national or social demand to minimize or recycle the plastics.

In the container cap illustrated inaccording to the related art, when the use trace beltis used, the use trace beltis separated from the container capand then discarded, and thus, there is a problem in that it is difficult to recycle the plastic materials while increasing in amount of plastic materials.

In addition, in the container cap illustrated inaccording to the related art, since the user has to separate the use trace beltalong a circumferential direction of the container cap, there is a problem in that a separation operation of the use trace beltis cumbersome.

In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a container cap that is easy to collect waste plastics so as to recycle the waste plastics and is easy to be used by implementing a structure for checking use traces such as opening as an integrated plastic container cap, and a container to which the container cap is coupled.

The present invention is invented to achieve the object of the present invention as described above, and the present invention discloses a container cap including: a body part () coupled to a container inlet () of a container () containing contents and having an opening at an upper side thereof, a cover part () coupled to the body part () to open and close the upper opening of the body part (); and a separation part () integrally connected to a first member that is any one of the body part () and the cover part () by a first connection part () and integrally and separably connected to a second member that is the other one of the body part () and the cover part () by a second connection part (), wherein the second connection part () is separated by user's manipulation so that the cover part () is separable from the body part ().

The separation part () may connect the body part () to the cover part () in a vertical direction.

The separation part () may connect the body part () to the cover part () in a circumferential direction.

The first member may be provided with a fixing part () fixed after the separation part () is separated from the second member.

The container cap may be made of a plastic material, and the first connection part () may be formed as a thin film, and the second connection part () is formed as a cut groove or a plurality of bridges.

The separation part () may be fitted into the fixing part () so as to be fixed to the fixing part ().

In the separation part (), the first connection part () may be folded vertically to be coupled to the fixing part ().

The fixing part () may include one or more second fitting part () formed on an outer circumferential surface of the first member and fitted with one or more first fitting part () provided in the separation part ().

The separation part () may move vertically to be coupled to the fixing part ().

The fixing part () may include one or more second fitting part () formed on an outer circumferential surface of the first member and fitted with one or more first fitting part () provided in the separation part ().

The cover part () may be integrally connected by a hinge part () so that the cover part () hingedly rotates when being separated from the body part ().

At least one of the separation part () or the fixing part () may be disposed at a position opposite to the hinge part (), and the cover part () may be used as a handle for opening the body part () by user's manipulation.

The separation part () may be separated from the second member in the circumferential direction so as to be fixedly coupled to the fixing part () formed on the first member.

The separation part () may have a belt structure coupled between the first member and the second member by a plurality of bridges and be inserted to be fixed to the fixing partformed on an outer circumferential surface of the second member after being separated from the second member.

The cover part () may include a plurality of close contact parts that are in contact with the container inlet (), wherein the close contact part may have a close curve surrounding the container inlet () to prevent external air from being introduced from the outside into the container ().

The present invention also discloses a container including: a container () containing contents; and a container cap () having the configuration described above, which is coupled to a container inlet () of the container ().

At least one of the cover part () or the container inlet () may include a plurality of close contact parts that are in close contact with the container inlet (), wherein the close contact part may have a close curve surrounding the container inlet () to prevent external air from being introduced from the outside into the container ().

The container cap and the container to which the container is coupled according to the present invention, when checking the opening traces of the container, is coupled to the container inlet and consists of a body part having an opening formed on the upper side, and a cover part opening and closing the opening of the body part, and the body part And by further comprising a separation part integrally formed with any one of the cover part and detachably coupled to the other one, there is an advantage in that it is easy to collect and use the waste plastic for recycling.

Hereinafter, a container cap according to the present invention and a container (container assembly) to which the container cap is coupled will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The containermay be a container containing contents that is provided in the form of granules or powder and may be variously configured as long as the container contains contents and also may have any shape and structure if a container inletto which a container capis coupled is formed.

Furthermore, the containermay contain contents that are provided in the form of granules or powder in consideration of coupling force of the container capaccording to the present invention and also may contain contents that are provided in a liquid phase.

In addition, in the container, a sealing member (not shown) may be coupled to an opening of the container inletto seal the containerin order to prevent deterioration of the contents before use.

The body partmay be a configuration that is coupled to the container inletof the containercontaining the contents and may have various configurations according to the coupling structure with the container inlet.

For example, the body partmay have a ring shape corresponding to a horizontal cross-sectional shape of the container inletsuch as circular, oval, and polygonal shapes.

In addition, the body partmay be screw-coupled to a male screw formed on an outer circumferential surface of the container inlet. For this, a female screw that is screw-coupled to the male screw of the container inlet may be formed on an inner circumferential surface of the body part.

The cover partmay be a configuration that is coupled to the body partto open and close an upper opening of the body partand may have various configurations.

Particularly, the various configurations of the cover partare possible according to the coupling structure with the body part.

For example, the cover partmay be coupled to the body partin a completely separable state—two piece structure, or as illustrated in, may be integrally connected by a hinge partso as to hingedly rotate when being separated with respect to the body part—two piece structure.

The hinge partmay be configured to integrally connect the cover partto the body partso that the cover parthingedly rotates when the cover partis separated with respect to the body partand may have various configurations.

In addition, the cover partmay be connected vertically by a separating line (not shown) or a plurality of bridges (not shown) with respect to the body partin consideration of the coupling force to the body partbefore the opening.

For this configuration, the hinge partmay be integrally formed as in the case of the injection molding of the cover partand the body part.

The cover partmay be coupled to the body partin a state of being detachably coupled to the body partexcept for a separation partto be described later or in a state of being detachably coupled to the body partexcept for the separation to be described later and the hinge part.

Here, the cover partmay be coupled to the body partaccording to various conventional structures to close the upper opening of the body partso as to maintain the coupled state with the body partwhen the containeris not in use.

In addition, the cover partmay be coupled to a portion of an upper end of the container inletin addition to the coupling with the body part.

Here, the cover partmay be preferably coupled to the upper end of the cover partso as to be separated from the body partwithout rotation with respect to the container inlet.

Furthermore, it is preferable that the cover partis coupled to the container inletby applying a blocking structure to be described later in order to prevent deterioration of the contents when being coupled to the upper end of the container inlet.

The container capaccording to the present invention may further include a configuration for checking use traces such as opening in a state of being initially coupled to the container inlet.

Specifically, the container capaccording to the present invention may further include a separation partthat is integrally connected to a first member, which is any one of the body partand the cover part, by a first connection partand that is integrally and separably connected to a second member, which is the other one of the body partand the cover part, by a second connection part.