Disposable Cosmetic Blender with Spring Core
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cosmetic blenders face issues with excessive material impregnation, slow rebound, hygiene concerns, and inefficiencies in cleaning and drying, particularly when using microbiome cosmetics, leading to waste, uneven blending, and potential bacterial growth.
Innovation Solution
A cosmetic applicator with a resilient body featuring a fluid-permeable surface and a core component with a spring structure for rapid rebound, a removable and disposable surface component, and a fluid-impermeable layer to prevent material migration, allowing for quick cleaning and drying, and adjustable compressibility for differential blending.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the open cell foam has very small pores to hold water for moisturizing, then the sponge can be moisturized before use, but the cosmetic material migrates throughout the sponge making cleaning problematic and drying takes hours
Solution Approach 1:
The blender is divided into two distinct components: a reusable core component with larger pores and a disposable surface component with smaller pores. This segmentation allows the surface component to retain moisture while the core component provides structural support and faster drying capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The surface component is designed as a disposable element that can be replaced after use. This eliminates the need for lengthy drying times and thorough cleaning, as the disposable surface component is discarded after a single use, solving the problem of makeup migration and prolonged drying.
2Ease of operation
If the cosmetic material is impregnated into the sponge surface during use, then blending can be achieved, but excessive material impregnation is wasteful and costly
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the blender into a reusable core and a disposable surface component, the design controls the amount of cosmetic material that penetrates into the structure. The surface component absorbs sufficient material for effective blending while its disposable nature prevents excessive impregnation waste.
Solution Approach 2:
The surface component has specific pore characteristics optimized for cosmetic pickup and blending, while the core component has different pore characteristics. This local differentiation ensures that cosmetic material is retained where needed for blending without excessive penetration into the entire sponge structure.
3Productivity
If the makeup artist needs to work with multiple clients in rapid succession, then productivity increases, but the time spent cleaning and preparing makeup tools increases
Solution Approach 1:
The disposable surface component eliminates the need for thorough cleaning between clients. After use, the surface component can be quickly removed and discarded, allowing the reusable core component to be prepared for the next client without extensive cleaning, thereby significantly reducing preparation time and increasing productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The disposable surface component is extracted as a separate removable element from the core component. This extraction allows the surface component to be discarded while retaining the reusable core, eliminating the need to clean the entire blender and enabling rapid preparation for the next client.
4Object-generated harmful factors
If bacteria can grow inside the pores of the blender when liquid cosmetic material is applied, then hygiene concerns arise, but the open cell structure is needed for cosmetic pickup
Solution Approach 1:
The blender is segmented into a disposable surface component that contacts cosmetic material and a reusable core component. The surface component can be discarded after use, preventing bacterial growth and contamination issues, while the core component remains protected from direct cosmetic contact.
Solution Approach 2:
The surface component is designed as a disposable element that is discarded after single use. This eliminates the hygiene problem of bacterial growth in the pores, as the component that directly contacts cosmetic material is never reused, while maintaining the open cell structure needed for effective cosmetic pickup during use.
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 rapid and hygienic makeup application, reduces waste, ensures consistent moisture levels, and provides faster blending with customizable force characteristics, addressing the limitations of existing blenders.
Implementation Method 1
the core component of the system includes a spring structure for greatly accelerating the rebound of the blender surface from a compressed state to a repose memory or de-compressed state
Implementation Method 2
cosmetic materials are picked up by open cells of the blender surface and then released back onto the skin surface as the blender is moved
Implementation Method 3
a resilient blender that includes an open-cell memory foam surface component
Implementation Method 4
a fluid permeable surface component and a fluid impermeable core component
Data Source
AI summary
Cosmetic applicators, blenders and aids, and more particularly to a resilient blender that includes an open-cell memory foam surface component that is easily cleanable or disposable in combination with a resilient core component. Further, the core component of the system includes a spring structure for greatly accelerating the rebound of the blender surface from a compressed state to a repose memory or de-compressed state.