Feces Collection Container with Segmented Flat Chamber
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing feces collection containers face issues with label lamination and strength in the direction orthogonal to the major axis, leading to potential nozzle insertion problems and increased suspension quantity due to a flat cross-sectional shape, resulting in higher costs and potential leakage during transportation.
Innovation Solution
A feces collection container with a suspension storage container featuring a flat outer peripheral surface and partition walls extending orthogonally to the major axis, partitioning the chamber into multiple sections, allowing for easier label lamination and reduced suspension quantity, while enhancing strength against external forces and ensuring reliable nozzle insertion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the suspension storage container is formed to be flat to facilitate label lamination, then the ease of label lamination is improved, but the strength in the direction orthogonal to the major axis deteriorates and the necessary quantity of suspension increases
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into multiple compartments by partition walls extending in the minor axis direction. This segmentation reinforces the flat structure against external forces while allowing the label to be laminated on the flat outer surface without compromising structural integrity
2Ease of manufacture
If the suspension storage container is formed to be flat to facilitate label lamination, then the ease of label lamination is improved, but the necessary quantity of suspension increases
Solution Approach 1:
The flat container is segmented into multiple compartments by partition walls. This allows the suspension to be stored in only specific compartments (e.g., one or two compartments rather than all), thereby reducing the total quantity of suspension needed while maintaining the flat shape for label lamination
3Reliability
If the dimension in the minor axis direction is increased to ensure accurate nozzle insertion, then the reliability of nozzle insertion is improved, but the sectional area of the container increases
Solution Approach 1:
Partition walls are added in the minor axis direction to provide structural reinforcement, allowing the container to maintain sufficient dimensional stability for reliable nozzle insertion without needing to increase the overall sectional area
Data Source
AI summary
A suspension storage container 10 has a flat portion across a specific region including the tail end. The flat portion has an outer peripheral wall 13 forming a flat outer peripheral surface and partition walls 14 that extend in the flat cross section of the outer peripheral wall 13 in a direction substantially orthogonal to the major axis direction of the flat cross section to partition a chamber inside the outer peripheral wall 13 into plural chambers S1 through S3 aligned side by side in the major axis direction. A suspension K is stored only in part of all the chambers S1 through S3, that is, the chamber S2, and a sealing film 21 having the outline almost identical with the outline of the outer peripheral wall is laminated to the tail end surfaces of the outer peripheral wall 13 and the partition walls 14.