Adapter element for insertion into an opening of a container

Abstract

The present invention relates to an adapter element for insertion into an opening of a container, comprising an adapter base body which has a substantially circular cross-section and is sleeve-shaped.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to an adapter element for insertion into an opening of a container, comprising an adapter base body which has a substantially circular cross-section and is sleeve-shaped.

[0002] According to the invention, at least one fixing and / or holding element is arranged on the adapter base body, so that after the adapter base element is inserted, it remains stuck at the opening of the container or rests on an edge of the container, wherein a thread is provided on an inner wall of the adapter base body, for example milled, so that a closure or filling element can be attached, through which a container that is then at least partially filled can be emptied.

[0003] According to at least one embodiment, the outer diameter of the adapter base body, wherein the outer diameter is closed by an outer surface of the adapter base body, is smaller than the inner opening diameter of a neck piece in order to be able to insert the adapter base body into the neck piece through the opening without resistance.

[0004] According to at least one embodiment, an outer diameter of the adapter base body, wherein the outer diameter is closed by an outer surface of the adapter base body, is larger or approximately equal to an inner opening diameter of a neck piece, in order to be able to insert, for example, plug in, the adapter base body into the neck piece via the opening in the context of a transition or interference fit.

[0005] Regarding the interference fit, the following should be noted: Oversized fit H7 / s6 R7 / h6H7 / r6H7 / r6 S7 / h6 Pressed parts can only be joined under high pressure or by shrinking. Additional securing against rotation is not required. Transition fit H7 / n6 N7 / h6 H7 / n6 Fixed-fit components can only be joined under high pressure. Additional securing against rotation is required. Drive seats can only be joined with considerable force, e.g., by hand. H7 / m6 M7 / h6 Hammer, join together and then pry apart again. Securing against twisting is necessary. H7 / k6 K7 / h6 H7 / k6 Snap-fit ​​components can be assembled with minimal effort. Securing against twisting and displacement is necessary. Sliding components can be assembled by hand with proper lubrication. H7 / j6 J7 / h6 H7 / j6 Add and move items. Securing against shifting and twisting is necessary. Game fit H7 / h6 H7 / h6 H7 / h6 Sliding seat components can be moved by hand pressure if properly lubricated. H7 / h9 H8 / h9 H8 / h9 Simple sliding seats are easy to assemble and can be moved over longer shaft sections. H7 / g6 G7 / h6 H7 / g6 Tightly spaced running seat components allow mutual movement without noticeable play. H7 / f6 F8 / h6 H7 / f7 Running seats allow for easy movement of the components and have ample play, which facilitates proper lubrication. H8 / f7 F8 / h9 F8 / h9 Plain seat components have noticeable to considerable play, so that they move easily within each other. H7 / f6 F8 / h6 H7 / f7 Lightweight running seats have plenty of play.

[0006] According to at least one embodiment, the adapter base body has an internal thread and the adapter base element has an edge-side attachment element which projects in an L-shape from the opening and is designed and intended to rest on the upper edge of the opening after the adapter base body has been fully inserted.

[0007] According to at least one embodiment, the attachment element is an insertion stop element for the adapter base body and the filling element has an external thread, so that the filling element can be screwed into the internal thread of the adapter base body by means of the external thread, wherein the filling element has at least one filling opening, so that fluid located in the container can be discharged in a controlled and targeted manner via the filling opening.

[0008] According to at least one embodiment, the filling element has the discharge opening via a geometric center point of the opening of the container neck, and the filling element tapers conically or convexly towards the discharge opening.

[0009] According to at least one embodiment, the plastic cap can be fitted flush and securely onto the adapter system in order to withstand external mechanical stresses non-destructively through elastic couplings and to return to its original state after mechanical relief, whereby a child safety lock must be overcome to remove the cap.

[0010] According to at least one embodiment, the present invention comprises an adapter system comprising an adapter element and an attachment element, wherein the attachment element is screw-in into the adapter element.

[0011] Furthermore, according to at least one embodiment, the present invention comprises a container system for storing a fluid, which includes a container for storing a fluid, wherein the container has a neck area into which an adapter element and an attachment element, wherein the attachment element can be screwed into the adapter element, can be inserted from above and through the opening.

[0012] In principle, the following materials (not an exhaustive list) are suitable for at least one of the components described here: Material group modification SHORE D ABS 75 - 93 ABS + 30% GF 62 - 68 ABS / TPE 46 ABS / TPU 58 - 68 ASA 75 ETFE 60 - 78 EVA 17 - 45 PA 11 PA 11 + 23 wt.% GF 70 PA 12 PA 12 (standard humidity) 75 - 78 PA 12 + 30 M.-% GF (standard humidity) 75 PA 612 73 PA 6 PA 6 (standard humidity) 52 - 77 PA 6 + 30 wt.% GF 48 - 80 PA 6 + 30 wt.% GF (dry) 84 PA 66 PA 66 + 30 wt.% GF 77 - 82 PA 66 + 30 M.-% GB 81 PA 66 + 30 wt.% MX 75 - 82 PAEK 86 - 90 PAEK + 30 wt.% GF 90 PBI 99 PBT 79 - 86 PBT + 30 wt.% GF 53 - 85 PBT + 30 wt% GX 54 PC 51 - 85 PC + 30% GF 65 - 72 PC + 30% GX 70 PCTFE 76 - 80 PE-HD 56 - 69 PE-LD 39 - 83 PE-LLD 38 - 60 PE-MD 45 - 60 PE-UHMW 60 - 65 PEEK 83 - 88 PEI 88 - 90 PEK 87 PEK + 30 wt.% GF 90 PET PET + 30 wt.% GF 63 - 65 PMMA 52 - 85 PMMA + 30 wt% GF 55 POM 52 - 83 PP 59 - 77 PP + 30 M.-% GF 62 - 80 PP + 30 M.-% CD 74 - 75 PP + 30 M.-% MF 60 - 74 PP + 30 M.-% P 65 PP + 30 M.-% CaCO3 55 - 70 PP / EPDM 40 PS 78 - 80 PTFE 50 - 90 PUR 20 - 84 PVC-U 74 - 94 PVC-U / NBR 58 - 74 PVC-P 42 - 77 PVC-C 82 PVDF 46 - 79 SAN 45 - 85 SMMA 72 - 82 TPC 28 - 82 TPE 48 - 78 TPE / PTFE 56 TPE-E TPE-E + 30 M.-% GF 55 TPO 16 - 70 TPS 60 TPU TPU + 30 M.-% GF 74 - 80 TPV 40 - 51 where: GF: Fiber optics GB: Glass balls MF: Mineral fibers MX: unspecified mineral filling GX: unspecified glass filling CD: Carbon flour P: unspecified filling flour

[0013] At least one of the components presented here may also have been manufactured using the following 3D printing methods, which are not listed exhaustively. 1. The FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) process

[0014] Alternative names: Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF), Fused Layer Modeling (FLM). This process involves the layer-by-layer application (extrusion) of a material through a hot nozzle. The consumable material is in the form of a long wire (filament) on a spool and is fed by the feed unit into a print head, where it is melted and deposited onto a build platform. The print head and / or build platform are movable in three directions, allowing layers of plastic to be applied one on top of the other. 2. The SLS process (Selective Laser Sintering)

[0015] Unlike sintering, where powdered materials are fused together under heat, SLS selectively uses a laser (alternatively an electron beam or infrared beam). Only a specific portion of the powder is fused together.

[0016] A thin layer of powder is applied to the print bed by the coating unit. The laser (or other energy source) is then precisely aimed at specific points within the powder layer to create the first layer of the print data. During this process, the powder is partially melted and then solidifies again upon slight cooling. The unmelted powder remains around the sintered areas and serves as support material. After a layer has solidified, the print bed lowers by a fraction of a millimeter. The coating unit then moves across the print bed and applies the next layer of powder. The second layer of the print data is then sintered by the laser (or other energy source). In this way, a three-dimensional object is created layer by layer. 3. Three-Dimensional Printing (3DP)

[0017] The 3DP process works very similarly to selective laser sintering, but instead of a directed energy source, a print head moves across the powder. This head deposits tiny droplets of binder onto the underlying powder layers, bonding them together. Otherwise, this process is identical to SLS. 4. Stereolithography (SLA)

[0018] Instead of plastic filament or powdered printing material, the stereolithography process uses liquid resins, so-called photopolymers. These are hardened layer by layer by UV radiation, thus creating three-dimensional objects. For this process, the build platform is lowered step by step into the resin bath. There are also variants (so-called PolyJet processes) that do not use a whole bath of liquid resin. In these, an epoxy resin is applied drop by drop from a nozzle and immediately cured by a UV laser. 5. Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM)Alternative name: Layer Laminated Manufacturing (LLM)

[0019] The process is based neither on chemical reactions nor on a thermal process. A cutting tool (e.g., a knife or carbon dioxide laser) is used to cut a film or sheet (e.g., paper) along its contour, and the layers are glued together. Lowering the build platform then creates a layered object made of glued, overlapping films.

[0020] Alternatively, materials such as paper, cardboard, corrugated board, pressed board, etc. are also suitable.

[0021] The invention described here will be presented in more detail below with reference to four figures and the accompanying description, whereby it is a Fig. 1 around the adapter element 10, at Fig. 2 around the fill element 50, at Fig. 3 around the container 1 together with the adapter element 10 and the filling element 50, as well as at Fig. 4 is about the cap.

[0022] Fig. Figure 1 shows an adapter element 100 for insertion into an opening of a container 1, which comprises an adapter base body 10 having a substantially circular cross-section and a sleeve-shaped form.

[0023] The Fig. 1, Fig. 2 to Fig. Figure 3 shows that at least one fixing and / or holding element 20 is arranged on the adapter base body 10, so that after the adapter base element 10 is inserted, it remains stuck at the opening of the container 1 or rests on an edge of the container 1, wherein a thread 40 is provided on an inner wall of the adapter base body 10, for example milled, so that a closure or filling element 50 can be attached, through which a container 1, which is then at least partially filled, can be emptied.

[0024] Furthermore, one can see in the Fig. 1, that an outer diameter of the adapter base body 10, wherein the outer diameter is closed by an outer surface of the adapter base body 10, is smaller than an inner opening diameter of a neck piece 60, in order to be able to insert the adapter base body 10 into the neck piece via the opening without resistance, and that an outer diameter of the adapter base body 10, wherein the outer diameter is closed by an outer surface of the adapter base body 10, is larger than or approximately equal to an inner opening diameter of a neck piece 60, in order to be able to insert, for example, plug in, the adapter base body 10 into the neck piece 60 via the opening in the context of a transition or interference fit. Fig. Figure 1 shows that the adapter base body 10 has an internal thread 40 and the adapter base element 100 has an edge-side attachment element 70, which projects in an L-shape from the opening and is designed and intended to rest on the upper edge of the opening after the adapter base body 10 has been fully inserted. Fig. Figure 2 shows that the attachment element 50 has an insertion stop element 70 for the adapter base body 10 and the filling element 50 has an external thread 80, so that the filling element can be screwed into the internal thread 40 of the adapter base body 10 by means of the external thread 80, wherein the filling element 50 has at least one filling opening 90, so that fluid located in the container 1 can be discharged in a controlled and targeted manner via the filling opening 90.

[0025] Furthermore, Fig. 2 can be seen that the filling element 50 has the discharge opening via a geometric center point of the opening 90 of the container neck 60 and that the filling element 50 tapers conically or convexly in the direction towards the discharge opening 90.

[0026] Fig. 3 and Fig. Figure 4 shows that the plastic cap 2 can be fitted flush and securely onto the adapter system 100 in order to withstand external mechanical loads non-destructively through elastic coupling connections and to return to its original state after mechanical relief, whereby a child safety lock must be overcome to remove the cap 2.

[0027] The Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3 to Fig.Figure 4 shows an adapter system 1000, comprising an adapter element 10 and an attachment element 50, wherein the attachment element 50 is screwable into the adapter element 10, and a container system 2000 for storing a fluid, comprising a container 1 for storing a fluid, wherein the container 1 has a neck area 60, into which an adapter element 10 and an attachment element 50, wherein the attachment element 50 is screwable into the adapter element 10, can be inserted from above and through the opening. Reference symbol list 100 adapter elements 1 container 2 plastic caps 1000 adapter system 2000 container system 10 adapter base bodies 20 fixing and / or holding elements 30 Interior wall 40 internal threads 50 Filling element 60 neck piece 70 Top stop element 80 external threads 90 Filling opening

Claims

[1] Adapter element (100) for insertion into an opening of a container (1), comprising - an adapter base body (10) which has a circular cross-section and is designed in a sleeve shape, - at least one fixing and / or retaining element (20) is arranged on the adapter base body (10) so that, after insertion of the adapter base element (10), it remains stuck at the opening of the container (1) or rests on an edge of the container (1), characterized by , that - a thread (40) is provided or milled into an inner wall (30) of the adapter base body (10) so that a closure or filling element (50) can be attached, through which a container (1) that is at least partially filled can be emptied. [2] Adapter element (100) according to claim 1, characterized by, that an outer diameter of the adapter base body (10), wherein the outer diameter is closed by an outer surface of the adapter base body (10), is smaller than an inner opening diameter of a neck piece (60) in order to be able to insert the adapter base body (10) into the neck piece (60) without resistance via the opening. [3] Adapter element (100) according to claim 1, characterized by , that an outer diameter of the adapter base body (10), wherein the outer diameter is closed by an outer surface of the adapter base body (10), is larger or approximately equal to an inner opening diameter of a neck piece (60) in order to be able to insert the adapter base body (10) into the neck piece (60) via the opening in the context of a transition or interference fit. [4] Adapter element (100) according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized by, that the adapter base element (10) has an edge-side attachment element (70) which projects in an L-shape from the opening and is designed and intended to rest on the upper edge of the opening after the adapter base body (10) has been fully inserted. [5] Adapter element (100) according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the attachment element (70) is an insertion stop element for the adapter base body (10). [6] Adapter element (100) according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the filling element (50) has an external thread (80) so that the filling element (50) can be screwed into the internal thread (40) of the adapter base body (10) by means of the external thread (80). [7] Adapter element (100) according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized bythat the filling element (50) has at least one filling opening (90) so that fluid contained in the container (1) can be discharged in a controlled and targeted manner via the filling opening (90). [8] Adapter element (100) according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the filling element (50) has the discharge opening (90) via a geometric center point of the opening (90) of the container neck (60). [9] Adapter element (100) according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized by , that the filling element (50) tapers conically or convexly in the direction towards the discharge opening (90). [10] Adapter element (100) according to at least one of the preceding claims characterized by, that the plastic cap (2) can be fitted flush and securely onto the adapter system (100) in order to withstand external mechanical loads through elastic couplings without damage and to return to its original state after mechanical relief. [11] Adapter element (100) according to at least one of the preceding claims characterized by , that a child safety lock must be overcome to remove the plastic cap (2). [12] Adapter system (1000), comprising - an adapter element (10) according to claim 4, and - an attachment element (50) according to claim 5, wherein the attachment element (50) is screwed into the adapter element (10). [13] Container system (2000) for storing a fluid, comprising - a container (1) for storing a fluid, wherein the container (1) has a neck area (60) into which fluid can be drawn from above and through the opening - an adapter element (10) according to claims 4, 5, 12, and - an attachment element (50) according to claims 4, 5, 12,, wherein the attachment element (50) is screwable into, or insertable into, the adapter element (10).

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