Extendable Pouring Stopper With Telescopic Sections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for pouring liquids into inaccessible areas, such as those found in racing motorbikes or motorcycles, are often complex, costly, and require additional tubular elements that are not always available, and existing extendable pouring solutions either encumber the container or require additional operations.
Innovation Solution
An extendable pouring stopper with telescopic sections, produced in a single piece of plastic material, that can be easily assembled and disassembled by breaking frangible bridges, allowing for ample extension and easy retraction, and featuring a support with a cylindrical sleeve for guiding and sealing the tubular pouring element.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If additional tubular elements are used to reach inaccessible areas, then pouring capability is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the stopper and the telescopic pouring element into a single integrated unit. The stopper serves as both the sealing element and the base for the telescopic sections, eliminating the need for separate auxiliary pouring devices. This merging resolves the contradiction by providing extended pouring capability while maintaining simplicity in the overall device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The stopper is designed to perform multiple functions: it seals the container opening and provides an extendable pouring spout. The telescopic sections allow the same device to adapt to different pouring needs (direct pouring or extended reaching), making it a universal solution for various container openings including inaccessible ones.
2Adaptability or versatility
If foldable tubular elements are connected to the stopper, then pouring into inaccessible areas is enabled, but production cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The telescopic pouring element consists of multiple sections that nest within each other when retracted. The inner sections are inserted into outer sections, allowing the entire assembly to collapse into a compact form that fits within the stopper body. This nesting mechanism enables extended reaching capability while maintaining simple, cost-effective manufacturing using standard telescopic components.
3Volume of moving object
If telescopic sections are collapsed inside the container, then space is saved, but the element cannot achieve adequate length
Solution Approach 1:
The pouring element is designed with dynamic telescopic sections that can transition between collapsed and extended states. When collapsed, the sections nest within each other to minimize space occupation inside the container. When extension is needed, the sections can be pulled outward to achieve the required length for reaching inaccessible areas, providing dynamic adaptability to space constraints.
4Reliability
If auxiliary pouring elements are always available, then pouring safety is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The safe pouring function is merged directly into the stopper itself through the integrated telescopic spout. Users do not need to handle separate auxiliary elements or perform additional assembly operations. The telescopic capability is built-in, allowing safe pouring into inaccessible areas while maintaining the simplicity of a single-device solution.
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AI summary
An extendable pouring stopper to be positioned on an opening (12) of a container (13) comprising a tubular pouring element (15) and a covering capsule (21) which can be firmly and removably positioned on the opening (12) of the container (13), wherein the tubular pouring element (15) is composed of at least two extendable telescopic sections (16, 17, 18) moulded in a single piece in plastic material.