Container Cap Segmented Display Ring for Tool-Free Separation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container caps require secondary operations involving tools to separate the display ring from the container for recycling, leading to inefficiencies in material-specific collection and recycling of caps and containers made of different materials.
Innovation Solution
A container cap design featuring a screw-coupling scheme with a display ring and cap body connected by bridges, including a cut part with cut bridges and an anti-shock hole, allowing for easy separation by applying external force without tools, ensuring complete separation of the cap from the container.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the display ring is fixed to the container to prevent separation during use, then the display ring remains securely attached, but it becomes difficult to separate for recycling without tools
Solution Approach 1:
The display ring is divided into multiple segments connected by bridges, with a pre-formed cut part creating a weak point. This segmentation allows the display ring to remain securely attached during normal use while enabling easy separation by applying force at the cut part location, resolving the contradiction between secure attachment and easy separation.
Solution Approach 2:
A cut part is pre-formed in the display ring during manufacturing, creating a predetermined separation point. This preliminary action prepares the structure for future easy separation without requiring tools during the recycling process, while maintaining secure attachment during use.
2Productivity
If the container cap is completely separated from the container, then material-specific collection is improved, but there is risk of contamination and loss
Solution Approach 1:
The cut part is pre-formed in the display ring to enable controlled separation. This preliminary preparation allows users to intentionally separate the cap for recycling without accidental loss, as the separation mechanism is designed and ready when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The bridges act as intermediaries connecting the display ring to the cap body. These bridges can be selectively broken at the pre-formed cut part, serving as a mediator that allows controlled separation while maintaining connection during normal use, thus enabling recycling without contamination risk.
3Reliability
If tools are required to separate the display ring from the container, then secure attachment is maintained, but secondary operations increase complexity and time
Solution Approach 1:
The display ring is segmented with bridges and a pre-formed cut part, creating a structure that maintains secure attachment during use but can be easily separated by hand. This segmentation eliminates the need for tools or complex separation procedures, reducing device complexity while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The bridges are designed as disposable connection elements that can be easily broken by hand at the pre-formed cut part. This approach uses simple, low-cost structural elements that serve their attachment function during use and are easily discarded during separation, eliminating the need for expensive tools or complex separation mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a container cap which is easily and separately collected and, more particularly, to a container cap which is easily and separately collected, in which when the container cap is opened for use, a state in which the container cap is connected to a container is maintained by a display ring, and when it is required to completely separate the container cap from the container for separate collection, the display ring is simply separated by a cut part by external force without a separate tool. To achieve this, the cut part including cut bridges formed from one end or both ends of a cut silt in a lengthwise direction of the cut slit to a lower end of the cut slit is formed in a container cap having a cap body and a display ring.