Container Sealing Plug With Flexible Retention For Leak Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current sealed containers suffer from easily slipping and losing sealing plugs with limited functionality, necessitating a design that is secure and multifunctional.
Innovation Solution
A container sealing plug with a plug body and a flexible member featuring a sleeving opening, a hanging space, and multiple sealing rings, along with a leak-proof mechanism using flexible baffles and slits, ensures secure attachment and multiple functions including easy handling and long-term storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a sealing plug is used to seal the container opening, then sealing function is achieved, but the plug easily slips and is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the sealing plug with a flexible member that has a sleeving opening configured to connect to the container body. This merging of the plug and flexible connecting member into an integrated assembly ensures the plug remains attached to the container while maintaining sealing function, directly resolving the issue of plugs slipping and being lost.
Solution Approach 2:
The flexible member with sleeving opening is designed to be sleeved over the container body, creating a nested structure where the flexible member encompasses the container opening. This nesting arrangement secures the sealing plug to the container, preventing it from slipping or being lost while maintaining the sealing function.
2Device complexity
If a simple sealing plug is used, then the structure is simple, but it has only a single sealing function
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the flexible member to provide multiple functions: it serves as a connecting element to attach the plug to the container, acts as a sealing component itself, and provides a flexible connection that allows for movement and adjustment. This multi-functionality approach enables a relatively simple structure to achieve multiple functions including sealing, connecting, and flexible movement.
3Duration of action of stationary object
If the sealing plug is made of durable materials, then long-term storage is achieved, but the plug may become difficult to operate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a flexible member made of elastomeric material that provides durability for long-term storage while maintaining flexibility for easy operation. The flexible nature of this component allows it to withstand prolonged use and storage conditions while remaining pliable enough to be easily manipulated and installed, resolving the contradiction between durability and operability.
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 design effectively prevents air and water ingress/egress, facilitates easy handling, and ensures long-term freshness preservation while minimizing plug loss.
Implementation Method 1
the flexible leak-proof baffles squeeze one another to cover the slits; when the flexible leak-proof baffles are acted upon by an external force that is greater than a squeezing force generated by the flexible leak-proof baffles squeezing one another, the flexible leak-proof baffles uncover the slits
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides a container sealing plug, which includes a plug body and a first flexible member connected. The plug body configured to seal a receiving opening of a container body. The first flexible member connected to the plug body and having a first sleeving opening formed thereon, the first sleeving opening being configured to connect to the container body. A user can place food, liquid or other objects into the container body through the receiving opening of the container body, and then seal the receiving opening of the container body with the plug body, whereby air or water is effectively prevented from entering or leaking out the container body through the receiving opening of the container body and thus the long-term storage and freshness preservation of the content is guaranteed.