Container Lid With Integrated Mixing Dispenser
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container lids with dosing dispenser devices often fail to ensure homogeneous output of products composed of multiple components, especially for thick or pasty products, as the mixing process is inefficient and can lead to segregation over time, resulting in incomplete mixing and inhomogeneous output.
Innovation Solution
Integration of a mixing device within the container lid that shifts in conjunction with the actuating element of the dosing dispenser, ensuring that each product withdrawal causes a mixing process, maintaining product homogeneity without the need for separate mixing steps, and featuring a mixing element that can be designed to efficiently mix products within the container.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a dosing dispenser device is integrated into the container lid, then product dispensing is enabled, but product homogeneity deteriorates due to segregation over time
Solution Approach 1:
The mixing device is integrated into the container lid structure, merging the dosing dispenser function with the mixing function. The mixing element is positioned to extend into the container interior when the lid is closed, allowing simultaneous product dispensing and mixing without requiring separate mixing steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The mixing element is designed to be displaceable relative to the container lid body. Upon actuation of the dosing dispenser, the mixing element moves from a retracted position to an extended position where it protrudes into the container interior to mix the product, then returns to its initial position. This dynamic movement enables mixing action only when needed during dispensing.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the mixing element protrudes into the container interior, then product mixing is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The container lid serves multiple functions: it closes the container opening, houses the dosing dispenser device, and incorporates the mixing device. The actuating element of the dosing dispenser simultaneously controls both product dispensing and mixing element displacement, eliminating the need for a separate mixing mechanism and reducing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The dosing dispenser actuation mechanism serves dual purposes: it dispenses product through the dosing chamber while simultaneously displacing the mixing element to mix the product in the container. The single actuating action performs both mixing and dispensing functions without requiring additional user effort or separate controls.
3Stability of the object's composition
If manual mixing is required before dispensing, then product homogeneity can be achieved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mixing element is positioned and configured in advance within the container lid structure, ready to perform mixing action immediately upon dosing dispenser actuation. The mixing element's initial retracted position allows it to be quickly deployed into the container interior without requiring preliminary manual intervention or separate mixing steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The mixing action occurs continuously during the dosing dispenser actuation cycle. As the user presses the actuating element to dispense product, the mixing element simultaneously and continuously mixes the product in the container interior, ensuring homogeneity is maintained throughout the dispensing process without interruption or separate mixing steps.
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AI summary
A container lid (3) for a container (12) for receiving liquid or pasty products, with a lid body (27) that can be fixed over a container opening on a container housing of the container (3), has a manually operated dispensing device (19) by which, upon actuation of an actuating element (21) of the dispensing device (19), a predetermined quantity of the product can be dispensed from the container housing through a product dispensing opening (23) of the dispensing device (19). The container lid (3) further has a mixing device (13) for the product located in the container (12), wherein the mixing device (13) has a movable mixing element (14) which is operatively connected to the actuating element (21) of the dispensing device (19) and which is moved by actuation of the actuating element (21).In a filling process carried out with a device according to the invention, the container (12) is filled with several product components and mixed in a mixing step using the mixing device (13) arranged on the container lid (3) before the container (12) is closed with the container lid (3).