Patent ID: 6422423
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A cap for a liquid container, comprising:a mounting part mountable to a mouth of the liquid container, sad mounting part having a cylindrical shape with an internal thread and being engageable with an external thread formed on the mouth of said liquid container at said internal thread; a liquid discharging part extending from a top of said mounting part upwardly, and used for discharging liquid from the container, said liquid discharging part comprising a hollow cylindrical sidewall and a top wall integrated along a top edge of said cylindrical sidewall so as to cover the top of said sidewall, with a liquid outlet opening formed at a portion of said sidewall and an air inlet opening formed at another portion of said sidewall opposite to the liquid outlet opening, and a partition wall vertically extending from a lower surface of said top wall downward within the liquid discharging part, thus partitioning the interior of said liquid discharging part into a liquid passage and an air passage; and an openable top cover connected to a side of said mounting part, and used for covering and protecting said liquid discharging part, said liquid discharging part having an outer diameter smaller than that of said mounting part, with a fitting ring externally formed around the junction between said mounting part and said liquid discharging part and being used for engaging with a lower edge of a skirt of said openable top cover when the top cover is closed, said fitting ring having an outer diameter smaller than that of said mounting part, but larger than that of said liquid discharging part, an upper surface of said fitting ring being inclined downwardly from an outside edge to an inside edge, thus forming a sloped surface.