Double-Chamber Honey Packaging to Prevent Product Contact
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing honey packaging solutions fail to prevent contact between honeycomb and extracted honey, leading to crystallization and reduced shelf life, and require separate packaging for each, occupying more space.
Innovation Solution
A double chamber honey package with a cylindrical form, featuring a honeycomb honey chamber and an extracted honey chamber, connected by a monolithic bottom cover and top cover, allowing both to be stored separately and extending shelf life.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If honeycomb and extracted honey are stored in separate packages, then each product maintains its quality and shelf life, but space is wasted during transportation, storage and shelf display
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines two separate packages (honeycomb honey package and extracted honey package) into a single integrated packaging structure. The honeycomb honey chamber and extracted honey chamber are merged into one container with separate storage compartments, allowing both products to be stored together without contacting each other. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining product quality and shelf life while eliminating redundant packaging space.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested structure where the extracted honey chamber is positioned inside the honeycomb honey chamber. The extracted honey chamber is surrounded by the honeycomb honey chamber, creating a nested arrangement that maximizes space utilization. This nesting approach allows both products to be stored in a compact configuration, reducing the overall volume required for storage and transportation.
2Ease of manufacture
If honeycomb honey is stored in transparent plastic bowl packaging, then the product is visible and attractive for sale, but crystallization occurs at the bottom reducing shelf life
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the packaging into two distinct chambers: a honeycomb honey chamber and an extracted honey chamber. This segmentation prevents the extracted honey from contacting the honeycomb honey, thereby preventing crystallization at the bottom of the container. The segmented structure maintains the simplicity of transparent plastic bowl packaging while solving the shelf life issue caused by crystallization.
3Volume of moving object
If a single package is used for both honeycomb and extracted honey, then space is saved, but the products may contact each other and quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the single package into two separate chambers: a honeycomb honey chamber and an extracted honey chamber. This segmentation ensures that the products remain physically separated and do not contact each other, maintaining their individual qualities. The segmented design allows both products to be stored in one package while preventing quality deterioration from contact.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a partition wall as an intermediary structure between the honeycomb honey chamber and the extracted honey chamber. This partition acts as a barrier that prevents direct contact between the two products while allowing them to be stored in the same package. The intermediary partition wall maintains product quality while enabling space-efficient storage.
4Reliability
If separate packaging is used for honeycomb and extracted honey, then product quality is maintained, but transportation and storage space increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges two separate packaging systems into a single integrated package that accommodates both honeycomb honey and extracted honey. This combining approach maintains product quality through separate chambers while improving storage efficiency by eliminating the need for two separate packages. The merged design increases productivity in terms of storage capacity and transportation efficiency.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a double chamber honey packaging developed for use in the food industry, to enable honeycomb and extracted honey to be stored and/or stacked in the same package without contacting each other and to extend the shelf life of the product.