Conical Wedging Device for Prismatic Packaging Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wedging devices for packaging fragile bottles are prone to movement due to imperfect centering and angular orientation, leading to potential damage during transportation.
Innovation Solution
A wedging device with a conical surface formed by interconnected flaps that bear against the packaging walls, providing stable support for bottles through their own weight, and featuring wedging recesses and trapezoidal parts for secure engagement, made from plant cellulosic fibers for rigidity and shock absorption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If triangular flaps are used in conventional wedging devices, then the device structure is simple, but the support quality is fragile and the device may move inside the package
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the conical surface principle by forming the flaps into a conical shape that fits within the prismatic packaging. The conical surface provides continuous contact with the bottle, distributing support forces evenly and preventing device movement, while maintaining structural simplicity through the seamless integration of flaps into the conical form.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional triangular flaps are used, then manufacturing is easier, but the wedging effect is insufficient and bottle support is unstable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple flaps into a unified conical structure where the flaps are connected to form continuous conical surfaces. This integration creates a stable geometric form that inherently maintains its shape and provides reliable bottle support, while the manufacturing process remains straightforward by forming flaps from sheet material and connecting them at seams.
3Ease of manufacture
If perfect centering and angular orientation are required, then the conventional wedging device can be manufactured, but the adjustment precision becomes difficult to achieve
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs asymmetric positioning of the conical structure within theprismatic packaging, where the conical flaps are arranged to naturally self-center around the bottle. The conical geometry provides inherent angular orientation stability, eliminating the need for precise manual adjustment of individual flap angles while maintaining proper centering during the bottling process.
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 wedging device effectively maintains bottles in a fixed position within packaging, reducing the risk of damage during transport by utilizing a conical surface and recesses for secure engagement, and is cost-effectively produced and stored for efficient transportation.
Implementation Method 1
the bottle is held by wedging under the effect of its own weight inside the wedging device
Implementation Method 2
made from plant cellulosic fibers for rigidity and shock absorption
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AI summary
The invention relates to a cushioning device (82) intended to be installed inside a right prismatic package (88) having a packaging base (90) and a plurality of walls (92, 94, 96, 98), said cushioning device (82) having, a cushioning base (12), a plurality of flaps (72, 74, 76, 78) connected to said cushioning base (12) and each having two opposing lateral edges (30, 32; 34, 36; 48, 50; 52, 54), at least two flaps having a cushioning recess (80), said cushioning device (82) being intended to be installed inside said right prismatic package (88) so that said cushioning base (12) rests against said packaging base (90) while said flaps (72, 74, 76, 78) are drawn in relation to said bottom of the bedding (12).The said flaps (72, 74, 76, 78) are connected together respectively two by two by their lateral edges (30, 32; 34, 36; 48, 50; 52, 54) to form a conical part (84) from said bottom of the support (12).