Particulate Detergent Shape Factor Visual Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing detergents and cleaning agents lack a visual-aesthetic distinction for consumers, making it difficult to identify the type of product, especially for those who do not follow instructions carefully, as they often appear uniform in color and shape.
Innovation Solution
A detergent or cleaning agent composed of two types of particulate components with different shapes and ingredients, where one type is essentially round and the other deviates significantly in shape, such as being ellipsoidal or irregular, with a shape factor of at least 0.80 and less than 0.80 respectively, allowing for a visual differentiation through shape and color.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If particulate detergents are made uniform in color and shape, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but visual-aesthetic distinction for product identification is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by giving different regions of the detergent product different characteristics. Specifically, it combines spherical particles (providing uniform appearance) with irregularly shaped particles (providing visual distinction and texture variation). This allows the product to maintain overall uniformity while having localized variations that enable product identification and aesthetic appeal.
2Stability of the object's composition
If only one type of particle is used in the detergent, then product consistency is maintained, but visual differentiation between detergent types is impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the detergent composition into two distinct particle types: spherical particles and irregularly shaped particles. Each particle type can have different sizes, shapes, and functional properties. This segmentation allows the overall product to maintain consistency through controlled proportions while enabling visual differentiation between detergent types through the presence and ratio of different particle shapes.
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AI summary
The problem of washing compositions which are frequently insufficiently differentiable to the consumer was to be solved. This was done essentially through a washing or cleaning composition which consists of washing or cleaning composition ingredients and is in particulate form or formulated in particulate form, and comprises a first type of particles which have a shape factor of at least 0.80, and a second type of particles which have a shape factor of below 0.80.