Cap-Mounted Label for Obstructed Spice Bottle Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing spice bottle labeling systems are inefficient as labels on the sidewalls of bottles can be obscured, rotated, or hidden when bottles are stored on elevated shelves, making it difficult to identify specific spices or contents.
Innovation Solution
A bottle contents identification system featuring a label or billboard attached to the cap of the bottle, which can be oriented perpendicular to the bottle cap, using elastic materials or adhesive for secure attachment, ensuring visibility of the indicia from any angle and elevation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If labels are attached to the sidewall of the bottle, then the labeling system is simple and easy to manufacture, but the labels can be obscured, rotated, or hidden when bottles are stored on elevated shelves, making identification difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The label is repositioned from the bottle sidewall to the bottle cap, changing the dimensional location of the identification surface. This allows the label to be positioned above the shelf level when the bottle is stored, ensuring visibility from any angle while maintaining labeling simplicity through attachment to the cap structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of attaching the label to the bottle body as conventionally done, the invention inverts the approach by attaching the label to the bottle cap. This inversion ensures that the identification information is positioned at the highest point of the bottle, making it visible from above and from any side elevation, thus solving the obscuration problem.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple spice bottles are stored adjacent to one another on elevated shelves, then storage density is improved, but the labels on the sidewalls become obscured and harder to read
Solution Approach 1:
By moving the label to the bottle cap, the identification surface is positioned in a different spatial dimension relative to the bottle arrangement. When bottles are stored adjacently on shelves, the caps protrude above the shelf level, allowing labels to be visible from above and from any side angle, thus maintaining visibility even at high storage density.
3Productivity
If bottles are stored above eye level to maximize vertical storage space, then storage efficiency is improved, but the labels become inaccessible and difficult to read
Solution Approach 1:
The label is positioned on the bottle cap, which extends above the bottle body. When bottles are stored vertically on elevated shelves, the caps protrude above the shelf surface, placing the labels in a dimension that is accessible from above and from any side elevation, thus maintaining ease of operation even when stored above eye level.
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 system ensures clear and unobstructed visibility of spice bottle contents from any side elevation, even when bottles are stored above eye level, improving identification efficiency and reducing confusion among multiple spice bottles.
Implementation Method 1
The label is fabricated of a material having elastic properties, such as rubber, elastic, and the like. The loop would be sized to employ the elastic properties to retain the label around a circumference of the sidewall of the cap of the bottle.
Implementation Method 2
The label is attached to the bottle cap using a bonding agent. The bonding agent can be an adhesive, glue, epoxy, double sided tape, and the like.
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AI summary
An identification system for identifying contents within a bottle. The identification system introduces a label upon a sidewall of a cap of the bottle or as a billboard extending upward from a top surface of the cap. The location improves the visibility of the indicia located on the label easing the identification process when the bottles are placed behind one another, on a shelf above eye level or any other location where the view of the content identifying indicia can potentially be obstructed from view. The label can be wrapped about the cap sidewall, adhered to the cap sidewall or be designed to include an upright billboard extending from the cap top surface. The billboard variant can transform from a planar stored configuration to an upright display configuration.