Dispensing Package Elevator Platform Ratchet Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manufacturers face challenges in producing a variety of consumer care products with different fill volumes, requiring multiple injection molds and complex packaging designs to ensure stability, dispensing consistency, and aesthetic appearance, leading to increased manufacturing costs and complexity.
Innovation Solution
A dispensing package with a movable elevator platform and ratchet mechanism that allows for interchangeable components, accommodating different fill volumes within a single package configuration, reducing the need for multiple molds and simplifying manufacturing processes while maintaining strength, flexibility, and consistent dispensing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manufacturers use different size barrels to accommodate different fill volumes, then different product offerings can be made, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase due to needing multiple molds and adapting multiple components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a single package configuration that can accommodate multiple fill volumes through interchangeable components. The standardized package body with universal threading and interface features allows the same basic structure to serve multiple product offerings by simply changing the insert or elevator components, eliminating the need for multiple complete package molds.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the package into modular components including a standardized outer package body and interchangeable inner inserts or elevators. This segmentation allows manufacturers to keep the main package mold unchanged while producing different product variants by swapping the inner components, thereby reducing manufacturing complexity while maintaining versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manufacturers change the spindle and/or elevator designs to accommodate different fill volumes, then different product offerings can be made, but manufacturing complexity increases as each packaging design must be adapted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by creating a standardized spindle and elevator interface system where the same basic components can work with different fill volumes. The universal threading and connection features allow a single elevator design to accommodate various product types by adjusting only the insert or product chamber dimensions, simplifying the manufacturing process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies dynamics by making the elevator platform movable and adjustable within the package. This allows the elevator to adapt to different fill volumes and product viscosities dynamically, providing consistent dispensing performance across multiple product offerings without requiring custom-designed elevators for each product type.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manufacturers develop and maintain 50-75 different molds for various product offerings, then different products can be produced, but manufacturing cost and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent dramatically reduces mold requirements by implementing a universal package body design that can produce multiple product variants. Instead of needing 50-75 different complete package molds, manufacturers only need one or a few standardized package molds and can produce different products by changing the interchangeable inner inserts, elevators, or product chambers, thereby improving manufacturing efficiency while maintaining product diversity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the common structural elements of multiple packages into a single standardized design. By combining the outer package body, threading, and interface features into a universal configuration that serves multiple product types, manufacturers eliminate redundant mold development and maintenance, significantly improving productivity while preserving the ability to offer diverse products.
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 solution enables efficient production of various consumer care products with reduced manufacturing costs and complexity, while ensuring adequate strength, flexibility, and consistent dispensing across different fill volumes, enhancing manufacturing efficiency and product offerings.
Implementation Method 1
The product chamber or the outer jacket includes a ratchet non-removably associated with the outer jacket or the product chamber
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AI summary
A consumer care product is disclosed. The consumer care product includes a dispensing package. The dispensing package includes a product chamber and an outer jacket surrounding the product chamber. The product chamber includes a movable elevator platform operatively associated with a spindle of a screw assembly. The product chamber or the outer jacket includes a ratchet non- removably associated with the outer jacket or the product chamber.