Stopper

The present invention discloses a stopper composed of a hyaline port, a coupling, a light emitting means, a buffer ring, an embedding port and an insertion. The light emitting means is positioned in a top hollow of the coupling and then embedded into a cave of the hyaline port. An insulated ring surrounding batteries is housed in the lower hollow of the coupling. The coupling can be eventually screwed in the embedding port deposited in the insertion. By screwing the coupling more tightly, a lead beneath the light emitting means can contact with the battery to form electrical conduction, and therefore the hyaline port exhibits fancy or identification effect.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a stopper, and particularly to a stopper suitable for inserting a bottle and capable of exhibiting identification and/or fancy light effect.

2. Description of Prior Arts

Conventionally, in order to preserve bottled alcoholic drinks, corks are provided as stoppers to be inserted in the bottles. However, most bottles and corks usually have similar colors and shapes, which always takes users much time to recognize. Additionally, the corks are very easily damaged after pulled and inserted two or three times.

Therefore, it is desirable to provide an improved stopper to mitigate and/or obviate the aforementioned problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present invention is to provide a stopper, which is suitable for inserting in a bottle and therefore facilitates recognizing drink contained therein.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a stopper, which is more durable and diversified than the conventional cork.

In order to achieved the above objects, the stopper of the present invention primarily includes a hyaline port, a coupling, a light emitting means, a buffer ring, an embedding port and an insertion. The hyaline port can be made of any proper material and defines a cave on a bottom thereof. The hyaline port is usually a transparent or translucent object in arbitrary shape. The coupling defines a receiving port on top thereof and a step-like hollow in center thereof, and has screw threads surrounding a lower and thinner part thereof. An insulated ring contacts to interior and lower surface of the hollow. The light emitting means is housed in the hollow in the receiving port of the coupling and comprises a circuit board, an illuminant deposited on the circuit board, a dividing sheet deposited on a bottom of the circuit board, and two leads respectively formed on an edge of the circuit board and beneath the dividing sheet. The circuit board can be designed to turn on/off the illuminant or vary color or brightness thereof, optionally. The buffer ring surrounds where the receiving port and the screw threads of the coupling connect to each other. The embedding port defines a cave in a center thereof, and the cave has interior screw threads corresponding to the screw threads of the coupling. The insertion is a conoid with check rings and defines a top cave for receiving the embedding port. The stopper can be assembled by positioning the light emitting means in the hollow within the receiving port of the coupling, embedding the coupling in the cave of the hyaline port, housing the insulated ring and a battery in the hollow of the coupling, and screwing the coupling to the embedding port deposited in the insertion. Accordingly, electrical conduction can be formed and the illuminant can be lit by contacting the lead beneath the circuit board to the battery, when the coupling is screwed more tightly and compressing the buffer ring.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

FIGS. 1 and 2show components of a stopper in accordance with the present invention and relationship therebetween. The components include a hyaline head1, a coupling2, a light emitting means3, a buffer ring45, an embedding member5and an insertion6.

The hyaline head can be made of any proper material, transparent or translucent, for example, acrylic fibers, glass, crystal, etc. The shape of the hyaline head is not limited, and can be designed according to personal tastes or classification of the drinks.

The coupling2is electrically conductive and looks like a hollow bolt, i.e., the upper side has a larger diameter than the lower side. Accordingly, the coupling2defines a receiving port21on top thereof and a step-like hollow23in center thereof. As shown in FIGS1-4, the light emitting means3can be received in the receiving port21, and then embedded in a cave11formed in the bottom of the hyaline head1. The coupling2has screw threads22on the exterior surface of the lower portion. An insulated ring24contacts to the interior surface of the lower portion of the coupling2. The buffer ring4is usually resilient and surrounds the coupling2where the lower side is adjacent to the upper side, i.e., where the screw threads22of the coupling2nears the receiving port21.

The light emitting means3includes a circuit board32, several illuminants31deposited on the circuit board32, a dividing sheet33deposited on a bottom of the circuit board32, and two leads321and322respectively formed on an edge of the circuit board32and beneath the dividing sheet33by penetrating the dividing sheet33.

The embedding member5is electrically conductive and defines a recess51in a center thereof. The recess51has interior screw threads52corresponding to the screw threads22of the coupling2. Therefore, the coupling2can be screwed to the embedding member5.

The insertion6is a conoid with check rings61and defines a top cavity62for receiving the embedding member5.

Referring to FIG3, the stopper can be assembled by first positioning the light emitting means3in the upper hollow23within the receiving port21, which is then embedded in the cave11of the hyaline head1. The insulated ring4and two batteries7are then housed in the lower hollow23of the coupling2. The insulated ring24is provided between the batteries and the interior wall of the coupling to avoid electrical conduction therebetween. At last, the coupling2is screwed to the embedding member5deposited in the insertion6.

In the above embodiment, the embedding member5and the insertion6of the present invention are manufactured separately. They also can be manufactured integrally, optionally. Hence, the cave62of the insertion6is just the cave51of the embedding port5, and the interior screw52can be formed on interior surface of the cave62.

FIG4further shows the state of the stopper in use, in which the buffer ring4is compressed by screwing the coupling2more tightly, and therefore the lead321on the circuit board32, the coupling2, the embedding member5, the batteries7and the lead322form an electrically conductive loop to light the illuminants31. The circuit board32of the present invention can be designed to turn on/off, vary color or brightness of the illuminants. The assembled stopper can be inserted in a bottle by closely contacting the check rings61of the insertion6with the opening of the bottle.

On the other hand, by slightly loosing the coupling2from the embedding member5, the lead322is moved apart from the battery, and the illuminants can be turn turned off as shown in FIG.3.

According to the above embodiments, the stopper of the present invention exhibits advantages as follows:

a) the stopper can be easily assembled by simply screwing and inserting;

b) the stopper can show fancy light effect;

c) the drinks can be easily recognized according to the diversified stoppers; and

d) the insulated ring can effectively separate the battery from the coupling so as to avoid unexpected electrical energy consumption.