Adjustment device and drinking straw component
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing straws are either non-reusable and environmentally unfriendly or, if reusable, are difficult to clean due to their sealed design and lack of adjustable sipping angles, making them inconvenient for drinking.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable drinking straw component featuring a sliding mechanism between two elbows, allowing for customizable sipping angles, combined with a design that enables easy cleaning and resealing by unfolding into a strip, using food-grade silicone materials with silver-ion and antistatic properties.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If reusable straws are designed to be completely sealed, then they are easy to clean, but their sipping angle cannot be adjusted, making them inconvenient for users to drink
Solution Approach 1:
The straw is divided into multiple segments including a first elbow and a second elbow that can slide relative to each other. This segmentation allows the straw to be adjustable while maintaining ease of cleaning for each individual segment.
Solution Approach 2:
The straw incorporates a sliding mechanism between the first elbow and second elbow, allowing dynamic adjustment of the sipping angle. The slot and protrusion design enables smooth movement while maintaining structural integrity and ease of cleaning.
2Device complexity
If straws are designed as straight tubes, then they are simple in structure, but their sipping angle cannot be adjusted, reducing user convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The straight tube structure is segmented into multiple elbow sections that can slide relative to each other. This maintains relative structural simplicity while enabling angle adjustment functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The static straight tube is transformed into a dynamic structure with sliding elbows. The slot-guided protrusion mechanism allows simple yet effective angle adjustment without complex components.
3Ease of manufacture
If straws are made non-reusable, then they are easy to dispose of, but they are not environmentally friendly, increasing waste
Solution Approach 1:
The straw is designed for reuse with easy-to-clean features and adjustable functionality. The segmentation and sliding mechanism allow the straw to maintain performance over multiple uses, reducing waste and environmental impact.
Data Source
AI summary
An adjustment device for a drinking straw and a drinking straw component includes a first elbow and a second elbow, wherein one of the first elbow and the second elbow is partially insertable into the other of the first elbow and the second elbow; a slot is provided on the wall of the first elbow and extends along a length of the first elbow; a protrusion is provided at an end of the second elbow close to the first elbow; and the protrusion is slidable in the slot of the first elbow along its length, so that the first elbow and the second elbow can be slid against each other. The present application can adjust the sipping angle of the straw and pierce through a cover of a wrapped drink purposed for inserting the corresponding straw.