Elastic Cover Storage Container for Hands-Free Opening
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional storage containers, such as toothbrush holders, require manual manipulation to open and close the cover part, leading to inconvenient use and potential unsanitary conditions.
Innovation Solution
A storage container design featuring a cover part, a body part, and a connection part that imparts an elastic force for easy opening and closing, utilizing a rotary member and elastic members to facilitate automatic operation without direct user intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional storage container with a manually operated cover part is used, then the structure is simple, but the ease of operation deteriorates because manual manipulation is required
Solution Approach 1:
The stored article itself serves as the tool to open the cover part. When the user inserts an article into the storage container, the article automatically interacts with the cover opening part to trigger the opening action, eliminating the need for separate manual manipulation of the cover.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover opening part is pre-configured with protrusions that engage with the article during insertion. The structure is designed in advance so that the natural motion of inserting an article will automatically actuate the cover opening mechanism without requiring additional user actions.
2Reliability
If manual manipulation of the cover part is required, then the device complexity remains low, but reliability deteriorates due to potential unsanitary conditions from hand contact
Solution Approach 1:
The article being stored performs the function of opening the cover, eliminating the need for the user's hand to contact the cover opening part. This self-service mechanism ensures that the cover opening function is performed by the article itself during the natural insertion process.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover opening part acts as an intermediary mechanism that translates the insertion motion of the article into cover opening action. This mediator structure allows indirect operation, where the article's insertion motion is converted into the desired cover opening function without direct hand contact.
3Productivity
If the cover part is opened easily without manual manipulation, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases due to the connection part with elastic force
Solution Approach 1:
The stored article itself serves as the tool to open the cover part. When the user inserts an article into the storage container, the article automatically interacts with the cover opening part to trigger the opening action, eliminating the need for separate manual manipulation of the cover.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover opening part is pre-configured with protrusions that engage with the article during insertion. The structure is designed in advance so that the natural motion of inserting an article will automatically actuate the cover opening mechanism without requiring additional user actions.
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
Enables convenient and sanitary storage by allowing the cover part to be easily opened and closed using the stored article itself, reducing the need for manual force and preventing contamination.
Implementation Method 1
a elastic member bent from one end of the rotary member so as to provide an elastic force during the relative movement of the cover part with respect to the body part
Data Source
AI summary
A storage container includes a cover portion, a body portion disposed below the cover portion so as to form a storage space together with the cover portion for storing an end of an article therein, and a connecting portion connecting the cover portion and the body portion to each other and imparting a tensile force in an opening direction when the cover portion is moved in an opening direction with respect to the body portion and a tensile force in a closing direction when the cover portion is moved in a closing direction with respect to the body portion. The storage container can be provided in which a cover portion and a body portion are included, and a connecting portion is included inside the storage container to impart tensile force in connection with the cover portion. Thus, storing and withdrawing articles can be done conveniently.