US 12,391,531 B2
Piercing tool for breaking sealed packaging
Juan He, Guangdong (CN)
Filed by Juan He, Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/941,707.
Claims priority of application No. 202323028909.1 (CN), filed on Nov. 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0153990 A1, May 15, 2025
Int. Cl. B67B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B67B 7/24 (2013.01) 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A piercing tool for breaking sealed packaging, comprising:
a body, having a hollow interior and an opening in communication with the hollow interior, and configured for placing a target item;
a barrel, provided on a sidewall of the body, wherein an inside of the barrel is in communication with the hollow interior of the body;
a piercing component, slidably disposed inside the barrel, wherein a piercing member arranged on the piercing component is capable of entering the hollow interior of the body from the inside of the barrel; and
an elastic element, wherein one end of the elastic element is connected to the body and another end of the elastic element is connected to the piercing component;
wherein the piercing member is capable of moving from the hollow interior of the body into the inside of the barrel to allow the elastic element to undergo elastic deformation, and a first limiting structure capable of resisting an elastic force of the elastic element is provided between the barrel and the piercing component to restrict the piercing member within the barrel;
wherein the piercing component comprises a rod body having a hollow channel, one end of the rod body is defined with a water outlet, another end of the rod body is arranged with the piercing member, and the piercing member is defined with a water inlet in communication with the hollow channel of the rod body and the water outlet;
wherein the first limiting structure comprises a plurality of raised walls and a plurality of raised strips;
the plurality of raised walls is arranged on an inner wall of the barrel to form a plurality of guide channels between adjacent raised walls;
the plurality of raised strips is arranged circumferentially on an outer wall of the rod body, and each raised strip is capable of engaging with the corresponding guide channel; and
each raised strip has a proximal end facing the piercing member, each raised wall has a distal end surface away from the body, and the proximal end of each raised strip is capable of abutting against the distal end surface of the corresponding raised wall under the elastic force of the elastic element;
wherein the piercing tool further comprising comprises:
a second limiting structure, configured to limit a sliding distance of the piercing component within the barrel and comprising a limiting groove and a limiting protrusion;
wherein the limiting groove is arranged on the outer wall of the rod body and adjacent to the corresponding raised strip;
the limiting protrusion is arranged on the inner wall of the barrel and is located on the distal end surface of the corresponding raised wall; and
a groove wall of the limiting groove is capable of abutting against the limiting protrusion in response to the piercing component sliding within the barrel.