Blister Package Integrating Applicator and Liquid Container
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mascara packaging involves complex manufacturing processes and high costs due to the need for multiple molds and separate assembly of cap and container, making it difficult to produce miniatures or samples, and leading to unsanitary use when shared among multiple consumers.
Innovation Solution
A blister package design that integrates a container for liquid contents with an applicator, a wiper support for adjusting application amount, and a handle-package portion for sealing, allowing for unified manufacturing and preventing contamination by keeping the applicator sealed until use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If separate assembly of cap and container is used, then manufacturing flexibility is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cap body and container body are integrated into a single molded structure, combining two separate components into one. This eliminates the need for separate molding processes and assembly operations, directly reducing device complexity and manufacturing steps while maintaining manufacturing flexibility through the unified design.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated cap-container structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as both the container for liquid contents and the cap with applicator attachment. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed, simplifying the overall device while maintaining ease of manufacture through a single molding process.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate assembly process is used, then component customization is improved, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the cap and container into a single molded unit, the manufacturing process eliminates separate assembly steps, significantly improving productivity. The integrated structure allows for customized designs to be incorporated directly into the single molding process, maintaining adaptability while reducing manufacturing time and increasing efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If applicator is exposed during packaging, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability and sanitation decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The applicator is pre-positioned within the integrated cap structure during the molding process, but remains protected by the sealed container until use. This preliminary integration ensures the applicator is ready for operation while maintaining sanitation through the sealed packaging, resolving the contradiction between accessibility and contamination prevention.
Solution Approach 2:
The container body acts as a protective barrier (flexible shell) that encloses and protects the applicator from external contamination. This sealing mechanism maintains the applicator's cleanliness and reliability while allowing for easy operation once the package is opened, effectively resolving the sanitation versus accessibility contradiction.
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AI summary
A blister container having an applicator therein, used for cosmetic, medical and industrial products that is convenient to use and allows realizing the function of liquid contents, more specifically, a blister container configured to have a lower portion for accommodating cosmetic liquid so that the dual function of accommodating liquid contents as well as packaging the applicator can be achieved at the same time, a middle portion connected to an upper side of the container portion, configured to have a wiper-attached shoulder to mount an applicator cap and adjust the application amount and the usage amount, and an upper portion formed with a handle-package portion for sealing the handle portion of an applicator-attached cap.