Collapsing Inner Membrane Bottle Insert for Full Liquid Dispensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional spray bottles and containers often leave a significant amount of liquid, such as soap and shampoo, unused due to short tubing or uneven liquid distribution, leading to frustration and waste among consumers.
Innovation Solution
The development of upgraded spray bottles with a press action mechanism and a ball bearing system within the tubing, along with an inner sealable, elastic membrane made from flexible materials like silicon, plastic, rubber, or metal, which ensures efficient dispensing of liquids without the need for shaking or flipping the bottle.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of substance
If traditional spray bottles use short tubing or uneven liquid distribution, then the device complexity is reduced, but the loss of substance increases significantly as liquid remains undispensed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic membrane system that changes shape and position during operation. The elastic membrane contracts and expands to push liquid through the tubing, adapting its configuration based on the dispensing phase rather than relying on fixed static components
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the pressure of the liquid itself to drive the membrane's contraction and expansion cycles. The liquid pressure automatically actuates the membrane without requiring external mechanical actuators, making the system self-regulating and reducing overall complexity
2Ease of operation
If traditional bottles require shaking or flipping to dispense liquid, then the ease of operation deteriorates, but the device complexity remains low
Solution Approach 1:
The membrane system automatically responds to liquid pressure changes and user activation without requiring manual manipulation of the bottle. The membrane's elastic properties enable it to self-reset and self-actuate, eliminating the need for user shaking or flipping actions
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical manipulation (shaking, flipping) with an automated membrane-driven pumping mechanism that uses elastic deformation and pressure differentials to achieve liquid dispensing
3Reliability
If the membrane is made from flexible materials like silicon, plastic, rubber, or metal, then the reliability of liquid containment is improved, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent specifies a range of acceptable materials (silicon, plastic, rubber, metal) with varying properties, allowing manufacturers to select materials based on their capabilities and application requirements. The membrane thickness and elasticity parameters can be adjusted within specified ranges to achieve functional equivalence
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows for composite construction where the membrane can be made from combinations of different materials to balance containment reliability with manufacturing feasibility, such as coating flexible materials with barrier layers or combining elastomers with reinforcement structures
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
This solution allows consumers to use the entire contents of the bottle efficiently, reducing waste and making the product more cost-effective by ensuring all liquids are dispensed without manual effort, thus promoting conservation and environmental sustainability.
Implementation Method 1
Attached to Metal or Plastic Tubing Enclosed With Ball Bearing For Manual and/or Automatic Suction Action For Pumps
Implementation Method 2
Inner Sealable, Elastic, Contracting, Collapsing Membrane Made From Flexible Plastic Base, And/Or/With Rubber Base
Implementation Method 3
the liquid is set on one side of the traditional bottles or containers and the consumer then have to shake and still the soap
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AI summary
This invention addresses waste of liquids in all sorts of bottles/containers made from plastic, glass, metals bottles, containers, dispensers, caps which use pumping action to expel all sorts of liquids. Inside the bottles will be installed a refillables enclosed bags for liquids made from plastic/silicon based membrane inserted in plastic and glass bottles (containers) filling the volume within the bottles/containers, expelling the liquids using various type of pumps to improve suction of leftover (excess) of liquid as oil base, water base, soap base as shampoo, and any liquid in the bottom of the containers. The inner sealable, elastic, contracting, collapsing membrane made from flexible silicon base, and/or/with, plastic base, and/or/with rubber base, and/or/with nylon base, and/or/with, metal base material and/or from a combination of the material/s.