Container with an elastic spout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container designs with spouts are complex, pose hygiene and safety hazards due to the use of metal springs for flip covers, and are difficult to clean and use.
Innovation Solution
A container design featuring an elastic spout with a linking part and locking mechanism, driven by a lock release mechanism, allowing for easy folding and unfolding, and a U-shaped limiting seat for secure storage, enhancing safety and hygiene.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a metal spring is used to reset the flip cover, then the flip cover can be reset automatically, but the structure becomes complicated and there are hygiene and safety hazards
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the metal spring component from the system entirely. Instead of using a spring mechanism, the invention employs an elastic spout that folds and unfolds on its own through its inherent elasticity, eliminating the need for separate resetting components and reducing structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic spout serves itself by utilizing its own elastic properties to fold into the storage state and unfold for use without requiring external resetting mechanisms. The material's inherent elasticity provides the resetting function that would otherwise require a metal spring.
2Ease of operation
If a metal spring is used to reset the flip cover, then the flip cover can be reset automatically, but hygiene and safety hazards arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes the metal spring component that causes hygiene and safety issues. By eliminating this metallic element, the invention avoids the associated hazards while maintaining the automatic resetting function through the elastic spout's inherent properties.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the material parameter from metal spring to elastic material for the spout. This material substitution eliminates hygiene and safety hazards associated with metal springs while preserving the elastic resetting function needed for automatic operation.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a locking mechanism is added to maintain the folded state, then the spout can be secured in storage position, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic spout maintains its folded storage state through its own elastic memory and structural design without requiring external locking mechanisms. The inherent elasticity of the material provides the stabilizing force needed to keep the spout secured in its folded position.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the storage function and stabilization function into a single integrated elastic spout structure. The spout's elastic properties simultaneously enable folding, storage, and self-stabilization, eliminating the need for separate locking components.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The design simplifies the structure, improves ease of use and cleaning, and extends the service life of the container by providing a safer and more sanitary operation.
Implementation Method 1
The elastic spout has a folded storage state, and the linking part and the locking part are interlocked with each other in the folded storage state. The elastic spout also has a release state in which the linking part is disengaged from the locking part to enable the elastic spout to be unfolded.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure discloses a container including a lid further including a lid body and a container body connected to the lid. The lid body is provided an elastic spout attached to the lid body and a limiting seat mounted at the top surface of the lid body; a linking part is mounted on the elastic spout, and a locking part cooperating with the linking part is disposed on the limiting seat; a lock release drive mechanism that drives the linking part and the locking part to be unlocked is slidably mounted on the lid body; the elastic spout has a folded storage state where the linking part and the locking part are interlocked and has a release state in which the linking part is disengaged from the locking part to enable the elastic spout to be unfolded. The container is easy to assemble, easy to use, safe and hygienic.