Adhesive Pack Bundling with Protruding Information Carrier
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container bundling methods using adhesive connections hinder machine-readable coding for both product-specific and container-specific information, making it difficult to read and limited in scope.
Innovation Solution
Integration of machine-readable information carriers like barcodes, 2D codes, or RFID transponders attached to adhesive connections between containers, ensuring they protrude for easy reading and are securely held without visible destruction of the adhesive bond.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If adhesive connections are used to bundle containers, then the need for additional means like strapping or carriers is eliminated, but machine-readable coding on the container surface becomes difficult or impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent separates the information carrier from the container surface by attaching it to the adhesive connection itself. This segmentation allows the container surface to remain intact for its primary function while the adhesive connection serves as a dedicated platform for information carriers, resolving the conflict between bundling simplicity and coding capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The adhesive connection acts as an intermediary element between the containers and the information carrier. By placing the information carrier on this intermediary rather than directly on the container surface, the patent enables machine-readable coding without interfering with the container surface or requiring additional strapping/carriers.
2Loss of information
If information carriers are attached to containers, then product and container information can be encoded, but the adhesive connection may be compromised or the coding difficult to read
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies adhesive to the container surface first, creates a protrusion by excess adhesive, and then attaches the information carrier to this protrusion. This preliminary action of creating the adhesive protrusion ensures that the information carrier has a secure attachment point that does not compromise the underlying adhesive bond between containers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a localized adhesive protrusion at the specific location where the information carrier needs to be attached. This local concentration of adhesive provides a strong bonding point for the information carrier while leaving the rest of the adhesive connection between containers intact and unaffected.
3Strength
If traditional bundling methods are used, then containers are securely held together, but additional means like strapping or carriers are required
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive connection serves multiple functions simultaneously: it bundles the containers together providing holding force, and it serves as the attachment platform for the information carrier. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate strapping or carrier components while maintaining bundle integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the bundling function and the information carrier attachment function into a single integrated system. The adhesive connection that holds containers together also supports the information carrier, combining what would traditionally require separate components into one unified solution.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables seamless machine-readable encoding of product and container information, enhancing readability and security of the coding process.
Implementation Method 1
adjacent containers to one another via punctiform or partial adhesive connections or adhesive applications
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AI summary
Disclosed is a pack comprising a plurality of containers which are joined to one another by adhesive bonds formed by applying adhesive such that a pack is formed.