Collapsible Dispenser with Sieve Members for Controlled Salt Delivery

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for transdermal application of chemical salt compositions, such as Epsom salts, lack control over the amount and rate of ion delivery, making it difficult to achieve maximum benefits and target specific body areas effectively, especially when used in bathwater or without a controlled dispensing system.

Innovation Solution

A collapsible, portable dispensing system with vertically displaced sieve members that allows for controlled dispensing of chemical salt compositions, including Epsom salts, through a showerhead, enabling adjustable flow rates and targeted application on the body.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If chemical salt compositions are dispensed without a controlled dispensing system (e.g., simply inserted into bathwater), then the system complexity is reduced, but the control over amount and rate of ion delivery is lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedispensing system complexityVSAvoidcontrol over ion delivery amount and rate

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by incorporating adjustable flow rate mechanisms and controllable dispensing timing to precisely regulate the amount and concentration of chemical salt compositions delivered to the body, transforming the uncontrolled bathwater method into a system with measurable and adjustable delivery parameters

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback control through sensors that monitor the concentration and flow rate of dispensed chemical salt compositions, allowing the system to automatically adjust dispensing parameters to maintain precise control over ion delivery amount and rate

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Area of stationary object

If chemical salt compositions are applied to the entire body through bathwater, then the coverage area is increased, but the ability to target specific body areas is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebody coverage areaVSAvoidtargeted application precision

Core Design Contradiction:

Area of stationary objectVSLength of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the body into specific target areas and using multiple adjustable dispensing nozzles that can be independently controlled to deliver chemical salt compositions to particular regions, allowing selective treatment of specific body parts while maintaining overall coverage capability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements local quality by enabling different concentrations and types of chemical salt compositions to be delivered to different body areas through independently controlled dispensing mechanisms, allowing each region to receive customized treatment based on specific needs

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Adaptability or versatility

If a collapsible, portable dispensing system is used, then the transportability is improved, but the structural complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovetransportabilityVSAvoidcollapsible structure complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by designing a collapsible dispensing system with movable and adjustable components that can be compressed for portability and expanded for operation, allowing the device to dynamically change its structural configuration between storage and usage states while maintaining control functionality

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

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 provides a controlled and selective transdermal delivery of chemical salt compositions, allowing for higher concentrations and targeted magnesium intake, enhancing skin hydration, exfoliation, and stress relief, while being lightweight and transportable.

Implementation Method 1

At least a first sieve member or shelf member is mounted to a side wall of the tubular container... The first sieve or shelf member has a plurality of through openings passing there through

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectFiltration: Filter (physical)

Data Source

PatentUS11148104B1System for dispensing controlled and selective amounts of chemical salt compositions

Publication Date: 2021.10.19 JOHN VLADA

AI summary

A chemical salt composition dispensing system allows chemical salt composition mixtures to be applied to a user. The dispensing system includes a mixing chamber releasing a mixture onto a user at a predetermined and controlled flow rate. The dispensing system may include one or two shelves mounted within a tubular container to permit flow through the first ring or flow through one sieve member to a second sieve member mounted below the first sieve member and further permits passage of the liquid flow onto the body of the user.