Botanical Specimen Display Container With Pumped Aroma Sampling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display containers for aromatic botanical specimens do not effectively allow for aroma sampling while maintaining the specimen's security and integrity, limiting the ability to assess the product's scent during display.
Innovation Solution
A display container with a transparent body, an air pump, and scent discharge ports that allows for the controlled release and intake of scented air, using a resiliently deformable bulb to change the interior volume and facilitate aroma sampling without compromising the specimen's containment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the container body is sealed to maintain specimen security and integrity, then the specimen is protected from contamination and loss, but aroma sampling is prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The container is segmented into a sealed container body for specimen storage and a separate air pump system with scent discharge ports for aroma sampling. This allows the specimen to remain securely enclosed while enabling independent aroma extraction and delivery to the user.
Solution Approach 2:
An air pump acts as an intermediary mechanism between the sealed container body and the user's nose. The pump draws scented air from the container through scent discharge ports and delivers it to the user, enabling aroma sampling without compromising the seal or direct access to the specimen.
2Reliability
If the container remains stationary and sealed, then the specimen is secure, but aroma release and intake are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The air pump is made movable between expanded and contracted states to dynamically control air intake and scented air discharge. This dynamic mechanism enables efficient aroma sampling by creating pressure differentials that draw scented air from the container and deliver it to the user, while the container body remains stationary and sealed.
3Device complexity
If the interior volume is fixed, then the container structure is simple, but controlled aroma release and intake are difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The air pump's interior volume is made variable through movement between expanded and contracted states. This dynamic volume change enables controlled aroma release by regulating the amount of air drawn from and discharged to the container, providing precise control over the aroma sampling process without significantly complicating the overall container structure.
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 secure and effective aroma sampling of botanical specimens by allowing controlled release and intake of scented air, enhancing the assessment of the product's scent without removing the specimen from the display container.
Implementation Method 1
The air pump is movable between an expanded state and a contracted state, and movement of the air pump toward the contracted state reduces the interior volume for discharging the scented air from within the container body to the environment through the scent discharge port.
Implementation Method 2
the air pump comprises a resiliently deformable bulb mounted to the container body, the bulb having a bulb interior defining the air chamber. When the air pump is in the expanded state, the bulb projects outwardly from an exterior surface of the container body and is depressible inwardly toward the container body to move the air pump toward the contracted state and collapse the air chamber.
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AI summary
A display container for displaying an aromatic botanical specimen includes: (a) a container body for enclosing the botanical specimen and scented air having a scent of the botanical specimen; (b) at least one scent discharge port in the container body; and (c) an air pump coupled to the container body and operable to discharge the scented air from within the container body to the environment through the scent discharge port.