Built-In Spatula Container With Wiper Plug for Sealing and Waste Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cosmetic containers face issues with spatulas being difficult to integrate due to their elongated shape, leading to contamination risks and spillage, separate carrying causing inconvenience, and inefficient use of content.
Innovation Solution
A spatula-mounted container design with a wiper plug and spatula that allows the spatula to be securely integrated, preventing contamination and spillage while ensuring efficient use of content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the spatula is mounted within the same compartment holding the content, then the spatula is integrated with the container, but the container cannot be sealed properly causing content spillage and excessive content on the spatula
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into two separate compartments: a first compartment for holding the spatula and a second compartment for holding the content. This segmentation allows the spatula to be integrated with the container while maintaining proper sealing of the content compartment, preventing both spillage and excessive content on the spatula.
2Reliability
If the spatula is carried separately from the cosmetic container, then the container can be sealed properly, but it causes inconvenience and contamination risk
Solution Approach 1:
The spatula holder and content container are merged into a single integrated container structure with two separate compartments. The spatula compartment and content compartment are connected but sealed independently, allowing the spatula to be carried with the container while maintaining proper sealing and preventing contamination.
3Ease of operation
If the spatula is mounted within the same compartment holding the content, then the spatula is integrated with the container, but there is always an excessive amount of content on the spatula causing waste
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into two separate compartments: a first compartment for holding the spatula and a second compartment for holding the content. This segmentation allows the spatula to be integrated with the container while controlling the amount of content that adheres to it, reducing waste when the spatula is removed.
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
The design effectively seals the container, prevents excess content on the spatula, and allows complete use of the content, reducing waste and environmental pollution.
Implementation Method 1
The wiper member may be pressed against a non-coated surface of the stick part and not pressed against a coated surface of the stick part, so that the content may be wiped from the non-coated surface and be left remaining on the coated surface when the spatula is separated from the wiper plug.
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AI summary
A spatula-mounted container is described. The container may include: a container body having a holding space for holding a content and a neck formed around an opening to the holding space; a wiper plug coupled to the neck to close the opening, where a wiper hole is formed in an inner side of the wiper plug in a size smaller than that of the opening, and a wiper member protrudes towards an inner side of the wiper hole; and a spatula separably coupled to the wiper plug and including a stick part and a grip part, where the stick part has an elongated shape, the grip part is formed on an end portion of the stick part, and the spatula is configured such that the grip part is unable to pass through the wiper hole but the stick part is able to pass through the wiper hole.