Conical Packing Housing for Buckle-Free Wrapping Paper Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for packing and carrying cone-shaped wrapping papers for smokable products are complicated, expensive, and lack features to stabilize the cone during packing, often resulting in buckling or damage.
Innovation Solution
A device with movable housings forming conical chambers that stabilize and reinforce cone-shaped wrapping papers by engaging semi-conical slots, featuring a jigsaw cut design for alignment and retention, allowing easy packing and carrying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional packing methods (pinching with fingers or tweezers) are used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the reliability of the cone-shaped wrapping paper deteriorates due to buckling or damage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a specialized packing device with semi-conical slots that act as an intermediary between the user and the cone-shaped wrapping paper. These slots provide proper support and guidance during packing, preventing buckling and damage while maintaining structural integrity, thus resolving the contradiction between reliability and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is divided into two separate housings (first and second housings) that can be assembled or disassembled. Each housing contains semi-conical slots that together form a complete conical support structure. This segmentation allows the device to be simple when not in use while providing comprehensive support during packing operations.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the first and second housings are moved to the engaged condition, then the stability of the cone-shaped wrapping paper improves through radial support, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to locking mechanism
Solution Approach 1:
The device employs a dynamic locking mechanism where the locking tab and locking recess engage automatically when the housings are moved to the engaged condition. This allows the housing to transition from a movable state during assembly to a fixed state during use, providing stability when needed while maintaining ease of operation through automatic engagement rather than complex manual adjustment.
3Manufacturing precision
If semi-conical slots are used in both housings, then the manufacturing precision improves for cone engagement, but the ease of manufacture deteriorates due to complementary slot alignment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses asymmetric semi-conical slots in the first and second housings that are complementary to each other. When assembled, these asymmetric slots form a complete conical chamber that precisely engages the cone-shaped wrapping paper. The asymmetry allows each housing to be manufactured independently with standard precision, while the combination achieves high overall precision without requiring extremely tight tolerances on individual components.
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AI summary
A device for carrying and packing cone-base wrapping paper. The device has a first housing that defines at least one first semi-conical slot and a second housing defining, for each first semi-conical slot, a complementary second semi-conical slot. The first housing and second housing are configured to move relative to each other between a disengaged condition and an engaged condition that defines a conical chamber for each first semi-conical slot and complementary second semi-conical slot, whereby the conical chamber is dimensioned and shaped to engage and radially support a lateral surface area of the cone-base wrapping paper along a substantial length thereof.