Abstract:
The present invention relates to a dual content mixing container, and the dual content mixing container according to the present invention is constituted in such a way that a second content substance housed in a storage chamber is mixed with a first content substance housed in a main container body by moving a hermetically sealing member downwards by means of action whereby a rotating cap is rotated, and thus the invention affords convenience to the user as the first and second content substances can be mixed by means of a simple action.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    This U.S. non-provisional patent application is a national stage application under 35 U.S.C. §371 of international application PCT/KR2014/000076, filed Jan. 6, 2014, and claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0004245, filed Jan. 15, 2013, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. 
     
    
     TECHNOLOGICAL FIELD 
       [0002]    This disclosure relates to a dual content mixing container, and the dual content mixing container is constituted in such a way that a second content substance housed in a storage chamber is mixed with a first content substance housed in a main container body by moving a hermetically sealing member downwards by means of action whereby a rotating cap is rotated, and thus the invention affords convenience to the user as the first and second content substances can be mixed by means of a simple action. 
       BACKGROUND 
       [0003]    Generally, a container used or in circulation is mostly made to keep contents of one kind in one container to be used. 
         [0004]    Recently, in order to improve property of contents, there have been some cases where powdered material is mixed into fluid contents or two-types of contents are mixed and used. In these cases, since additional containers are needed to keep two types of contents, a user should carry and handle two containers to use these contents, thereby leading to inconvenience. 
         [0005]    Additionally, by manufacturing different containers and packaging different contents into separate containers, not only may problems such as a waste of resources be caused. A chemical change such as taste quality change or spoilage may also be caused because a user have no choice but to mix beverages arbitrarily not putatively, thereby resulting in incomplete mixing, as may be a physical change like incomplete dissolution of efficacy when mixing medicines and chemical materials. 
         [0006]    To solve such problems described above, various kinds of containers, wherein two-type contents are kept into one container separately and then used by mixing the two-type contents, are being developed. 
         [0007]    Hereinafter, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1192603, “Cosmetic vessel having mixed two-type materials” filed and owned by the present applicant is to be described. 
         [0008]    The above registered patent is provided a mixing container for different contents, comprising a housing having a storing compartment storing contents, a piston being installed in the interior of the storing compartment; a guide bracket which is engaged to the top of the housing, an engaging shoulder protruding toward the inner side of the storing compartment, a guide piece formed at the top of the guide bracket and extending upward; a button part operating as it is inserted in the guide piece and having a pumping member for the contents to discharge through a discharge port by a user&#39;s work; a sealing ring which is installed to selectively part between the guide bracket and the button part; and a storing container comprising a receiver member which is installed at the button part and contains contents which is different from the contents stored in the storing compartment, the lower side of the receiver member being supported by the engaging shoulder; and a sealing member which selectively seals the lower side of the receiver member and is engaged to the lower side of the pumping member and has a communication hole allowing the pumping member and the storing compartment to communicate during the pumping of the pumping member. 
         [0009]    The above registered patent has a composition, wherein a sealing member moves downwards by a pumping member when a button member is pressed downwards after a sealing seal is removed, and thereby opens lower end of a receiver member; as a result, contents kept inside of the receiving member flows into a storing compartment, leading to mixing two-type materials. 
         [0010]    However, the above registered patent has a problem wherein the residue remaining in the sealing ring when the sealing ring is removed, which does not look good in external appearance. Also, only when a button part is pressed downwards after the sealing ring is removed, a sealing member moves downwards and makes two-type materials mixed, which leads to user inconvenience. 
       SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE 
       [0011]    The presently described embodiments are devised to solve the said problems above, the goal being to provide dual content mixing container, which has a composition wherein a sealing member moves downwards by the operation of rotating a rotation cap and second contents kept in a storage chamber mixes with a first content substance kept in a main container body, so that by a simple manipulation it is possible for two-type contents to be mixed, leading to user convenience. 
         [0012]    To solve the above problems, dual content mixing container according to the present disclosure comprises a main container body in which a first content substance is kept; an inner cap which is combined as encircling a upper part of the main container body, wherein a which forms space for storing second contents is equipped, and wherein a pair of sloped portions corresponding each other is formed as encircling the inner circumferential surface; a rotation cap which is coupled to be able to rotate as encircling the inner cap on upper portion of the main container body; a sealing member which closes an end of a storage chamber of the main container body, and descends by rotation of the rotation cap; a pump support body which is formed to be interlocked inside the rotation cap and rotated with rotation of the rotation cap, comprising a pump combining tube where a pumping member is coupled and a securing plate which is coupled as encircling the pump combining tube and is secured on the inner cap; a pressurizing member combined to upper portion of the sealing member is rotated being interlocked with the pump support body, wherein with a pair of descending guide protrusions equipped on upper portion of the pair of sloped portions, the pressurizing member moves along the sloped portions by rotation, lowering the sealing member; a pumping member which is coupled to the pump support body and discharges contents by pumping operation; and a button member which is coupled to upper portion of the pumping member and makes the pumping member operate, wherein a discharging hole is formed for contents to be discharged. 
         [0013]    Furthermore, it is featured that a coupling groove is equipped on an outer circumferential surface of the pump support body in order for the rotation cap to be interlocked, and that a coupling protrusion combined to the coupling groove is equipped on an inner circumferential surface of the rotation cap. 
         [0014]    Furthermore, it is featured that a pair of rotation limiting protrusions corresponding each other are equipped on an outer circumferential surface to limit the range of rotation of the rotation cap, and that rotation limiting protrusions which move inside of the rotation limiting protrusion are equipped on an inner circumferential surface. 
         [0015]    Furthermore, it is featured that on the rotation limiting groove a reverse rotation preventing protrusion is equipped in order to prevent the rotation cap from being rotated into the other direction. 
         [0016]    Furthermore, it is featured that the reverse rotation preventing protrusion forms a gentle slope on one side and forms a vertical slope on the other side. 
         [0017]    Furthermore, it is featured that a vertical guide groove is equipped longitudinally on both sides of an inner circumferential surface of the pressurizing member, and on both sides of an outer circumferential surface of the pump combining tube is equipped a vertical guide protrusion which is coupled to the vertical guide groove and guides a vertical movement of the pressurizing member. 
         [0018]    According to the present disclosure as described on the above, the presently described embodiments have an advantage in that a sealing member moves downward with the rotating operation of a rotation cap, and second contents kept in a storage chamber mixes with a kept in a main container body, so that by simple manipulation, it is possible to make the first and the second contents mixed, and thereby to provide a user with user convenience. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0019]      FIG. 1  is a exploded perspective view illustrating a configuration of dual content mixing container according to an exemplary embodiment. 
           [0020]      FIG. 2  is an assembled perspective view illustrating a configuration of dual content mixing container according to an exemplary embodiment. 
           [0021]      FIG. 3  is cross-sectional views illustrating a configuration of dual content mixing container according to an exemplary embodiment. 
           [0022]      FIG. 4  is an explanatory view illustrating a combination of a pump support body and a pressurizing member of a dual content mixing container according to an exemplary embodiment. 
           [0023]      FIG. 5  is an explanatory view illustrating a configuration of a sloped portion of an inner cap of a dual content mixing container according to an exemplary embodiment. 
           [0024]      FIG. 6  is an explanatory view illustrating a configuration wherein a descending guide protrusion of a pressurizing member of a dual content mixing container descends along the sloped portion of the inner cap according to an exemplary embodiment. 
           [0025]      FIG. 7  is an explanatory view illustrating a configuration wherein a rotation limiting groove of a rotation cap of a dual content mixing container moves inside a rotation limiting groove of an inner cap according to an exemplary embodiment. 
           [0026]      FIG. 8  and  FIG. 9  are explanatory views illustrating a mixing process of first and second contents in a dual content mixing container according to an exemplary embodiment. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0027]    Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numerals provided in the drawings indicate the same members. 
         [0028]      FIG. 1  is an exploded perspective view illustrating a configuration of a dual content mixing container according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.  FIG. 2  is an assembled perspective view illustrating a configuration of a dual content mixing container according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.  FIG. 3  is cross-sectional views illustrating a configuration of a dual content mixing container according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         [0029]      FIG. 4  is an explanatory view illustrating a combination of a pump support body and a pressurizing member of a dual content mixing container according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.  FIG. 5  is an explanatory view illustrating a configuration of a sloped portion of an inner cap of a dual content mixing container according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         [0030]      FIG. 6  is an explanatory view illustrating a configuration wherein a descending guide protrusion of a pressurizing member of a dual content mixing container descends along a sloped portion of an inner cap according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.  FIG. 7  is an explanatory view illustrating a configuration wherein a rotation limiting groove of a rotation cap of a dual content mixing container moves inside a rotation limiting groove of an inner cap according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         [0031]    Referring to  FIGS. 1 to 7 , a dual content mixing container according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a main container body  100 , an inner cap  200 , a rotation cap  300 , a sealing member  400 , a pump support body  500 , a pressurizing member  600 , a pumping member  700 , and a button member  800 . 
         [0032]    The main container body  100  keeps a first content substance and in the main container body comprises a piston  110  which ascends according to use of contents. 
         [0033]    The inner  200 , encircling and combined to the main container body  100 , forms a hollow so that a pump combining tube  510  of the pump support body  500  can be combined. 
         [0034]    Regarding to the present disclosure, inside the inner cap  200  is equipped a storage chamber  210  which forms a space where second contents, either powder or liquid, is kept, wherein the storage chamber  210  has an open end for the second contents to be filled, and after the second contents is filled, the open end is configured to be closed by the sealing member  600 , so as to prevent the second contents filled in the storage chamber  210  from flowing back into the main container body  100 . 
         [0035]    The second contents stored in the storage chamber  210 , when the sealing member  600  descends and thereby the open end of the storage chamber  210  is separated from the sealing member  600 , drop into the main container body  100  and mixes with the first content substance. 
         [0036]    Meanwhile, it is featured that a pair of sloped portions corresponding to each other are formed protrusively, encircling an inner circumferential surface, wherein the lower end of the sloped portion  220  pressurizes a descending guide protrusion  610  of a pressurizing  600  and guides the pressurizing member  600  to move downwards. 
         [0037]    Meanwhile, on an outer circumferential surface of the inner cap  200  are formed a pair of a rotation limiting grooves  230  opposing to each other, in order to limit the rotation range of a rotation cap  300 , wherein on a fore-end of the rotation limiting grooves  230  is formed a latching protrusion  231 . 
         [0038]    It is preferred that a reverse rotation preventing protrusion  232  has a gentle slope on one side so that a rotation limiting protrusion  312  can slide over, whereas the other side has a vertical surface so that a reverse rotation preventing protrusion  312  cannot slide over. 
         [0039]    The rotation cap  300  which, encircling the inner cap  200 , is combined to be rotated on a upper portion of the main container body  100 , comprises a body  310  which a user can grip with a hand in the middle to rotate the rotation cap  300  and a button insertion part  320  which is extended from a upper central part of the body  310  to the upward direction for a button member  800  to be inserted. 
         [0040]    It is preferred that a coupling protrusion  311 , which is coupled to a coupling groove  521  of the pump support body  500 , is formed on an inner circumferential surface so that when the rotation cap  300  rotates, a pump support  500  rotates together. 
         [0041]    Regarding to the present disclosure, it is featured that on an inner circumferential of the body  310 , a rotation limiting protrusion  312  moving inside a rotation limiting groove  230  is formed, wherein the rotation limiting protrusion  312 , as shown in  FIG. 7 , is placed, being supported by a latching protrusion  231  located on an end of the rotation limiting groove  230 , and moves along the rotation limiting groove  230 , thereby supported by a reverse rotation preventing protrusion  232 . 
         [0042]    It is preferred that the rotation limiting protrusion  312  is formed opposing to the other side of the vertical surface of the reverse rotation preventing protrusion  232 , in order to prevent reverse rotation of the rotation cap  300  in a state of being supported to the reverse rotation preventing protrusion  232 . 
         [0043]    Meanwhile, it is preferred that a rotation display part displaying a rotating direction is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the body  310 . 
         [0044]    Meanwhile, it is preferred that an outer cap  900  is combined on upper portion of the rotation cap  300  so as to prevent a button member  800  from malfunctioning and to block foreign substances inflowing. 
         [0045]    The sealing member  400  closes an opened lower end of the storage chamber  210 , comprising a sealing tube  410  which closes an end of an inner circumferential surface of the storage chamber  210  and a sealing tube  410  which is extended to upper direction on most of central area of the sealing tube  410  and combined with fit with the pressuring member  600 . 
         [0046]    Regarding to the present disclosure, it is featured that the sealing member  400  is composed to descend by pressurization of a pressurizing member  600  which descends by rotation of the inner cap  200  when the rotation cap  300  rotates, wherein, when the pressurizing member  600  descends, the sealing member  400  is pressurized by a protrusion  630  of the pressurizing member  600  and descends; hence, a sealing tube  410  is separated from an opened lower end of the storage chamber  210 , so that second contents kept in a storage chamber  210  free-falls, thereby enabling a first content substance and second contents to be mixed. 
         [0047]    The pump support body  500  is composed to be interlocked inside of the rotation cap  300  with an inner surface of the rotation cap  300 , and rotates according to rotation of the rotation cap  300 , comprising a pump combining tube  510  to which a pumping member  700  is combined and a securing plate  520  which, encircling the pump combining tube  510 , is secured on a upper portion of the inner cap  200 . 
         [0048]    Regarding to the present disclosure, a coupling groove  521 , with a coupling protrusion  311  of the rotation cap  300  coupled, is equipped on an outer circumferential surface of the pump support body  500 , and is composed to be rotated along with rotation of the rotation cap  300  while interlocked with the rotation cap  300  through combination with the coupling protrusion  311 . 
         [0049]    Meanwhile, on both sides of an outer circumferential surfaces of the pump combining tube  510  is equipped a vertical guide protrusion  511  which is combined with the vertical guide groove  620  of the pressurizing member  600  and guides vertical movements of the pressurizing member  600 . 
         [0050]    The pressurizing member  600  is combined with upper portion of the sealing member  400 , descends by rotation of the rotation cap  300 , and moves the sealing member  400  to downward direction; regarding to the present disclosure, it is featured that on both sides of the pressurizing member  600  are equipped a pair of descending guide protrusions  610  which respectively meet lower ends of a pair of sloped portions  220 . 
         [0051]    The descending guide protrusion  610 , shown in  FIG. 6 , when the pressurizing member  600  rotates, is composed to move downwards along the lower end surface of the sloped portion  220 , and then moves from a top dead center to a bottom dead center of the sloped portion  220  by rotation, thereby guiding the pressurizing member  600  to move to downward direction. 
         [0052]    Meanwhile, the pressurizing member  600  comprises a vertical guide groove  620  to which a vertical guide protrusion  511  is coupled longitudinally on both sides of inner circumferential surfaces in order to interlock with the pump support body  500 . 
         [0053]    The pump member  700  is combined with a pumping combining tube  510  of the pump support body  500  and discharges contents by pumping operation in accordance with pressurization of the button member  800 . Regarding to the present disclosure, the pumping member  700  is a disclosed art; therefore, detailed explanation will be omitted. 
         [0054]    The button member  800  is combined to upper portion of the pumping member  700  and operates the pumping member  700 , wherein a discharging hole  810  is equipped on one side surface to be able to discharge contents which moves to upper portion through pumping action of the pumping member  700 . 
         [0055]    Hereinafter, mixing procedure of first and second contents by operation of a dual content mixing container according to exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail. 
         [0056]    First, when a rotation cap  300  is rotated to one side direction in a state wherein a user grips a body  310  of a rotation cap  300 , rotation of a pump support body  500  interlocked with the rotation cap  300  occurs and thereby a pressurizing member  600  interlocked with a pump support body rotates together. 
         [0057]    As the above, when the rotation of a pressurizing member  600  occurs, a descending guide protrusion  610  of the pressurizing member  600  rotates, when the descending guide protrusion  610  moves along a lower end of a sloped portion of an inner cap and moves from a top dead center to a bottom dead center; thereby, the pressurizing member  600  rotate together. 
         [0058]    As the above, when the pressurizing member  600  descends, a protrusion  630  of the pressurizing member  600  pressurizes upper portion of a combining tube  420  and thereby causes a sealing member  400  to descend; as a result, a sealing tube  410  which closes an open end of a storage chamber  210  is separated from lower end of the storage chamber  210  and opens a lower end of the storage chamber  210 , thereby leading second contents kept in the storage chamber  210  to drop into the main container body  100  and to be mixed with a first content substance. 
         [0059]    As described above, optimal embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and the specification. Although specific terms have been used herein, these are only intended to describe the presently disclosed embodiments and are not intended to limit the meanings of the terms or to restrict the scope of the presently described embodiments as recited in the accompanying claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and other equivalent embodiments are possible from the above embodiments. Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure should be defined by the technical spirit of the accompanying claims.