Single-Piece Fluid Dispenser Pump for Recyclable Valve Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fluid substance dispensing devices are costly, complex, and environmentally unfriendly due to their multi-part construction and use of diverse materials.
Innovation Solution
A simplified, single-piece dispensing device with a cup-shaped body, deformable portion, and integrated valve elements made from recyclable materials like PP, PE, TPO, TPE, TPU, and silicone, which allows for efficient fluid dispensing through a sliding button mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple parts and different materials are used in dispensing devices, then the device can achieve reliable fluid dispensing functionality, but the device becomes costly and difficult to recycle
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functional components into a single integrated pump body made of elastomeric material. The pump body combines the housing, valve mechanisms, and sealing elements into one piece, eliminating the need for separate metal and plastic parts. This integration maintains reliable fluid dispensing functionality while reducing the number of parts and materials used, thereby lowering cost and improving recyclability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the material parameter from traditional metal and plastic combinations to elastomeric material. This material parameter change enables the single-piece construction while maintaining the necessary mechanical properties for reliable fluid dispensing. The elastomeric material provides both structural integrity and sealing capabilities that were previously achieved through multiple specialized components.
2Reliability
If multiple parts and different materials are used in dispensing devices, then the device can achieve reliable fluid dispensing functionality, but the device becomes costly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functional components into a single integrated pump body made of elastomeric material. The pump body combines the housing, valve mechanisms, and sealing elements into one piece, eliminating the need for separate metal and plastic parts. This integration maintains reliable fluid dispensing functionality while reducing the number of parts and materials used, thereby lowering cost and improving recyclability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the material parameter from traditional metal and plastic combinations to elastomeric material. This material parameter change enables the single-piece construction while maintaining the necessary mechanical properties for reliable fluid dispensing. The elastomeric material provides both structural integrity and sealing capabilities that were previously achieved through multiple specialized components.
3Reliability
If multiple parts and different materials are used in dispensing devices, then the device can achieve reliable fluid dispensing functionality, but the device becomes less environmentally sound
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functional components into a single integrated pump body made of elastomeric material. The pump body combines the housing, valve mechanisms, and sealing elements into one piece, eliminating the need for separate metal and plastic parts. This integration maintains reliable fluid dispensing functionality while reducing the number of parts and materials used, thereby lowering cost and improving recyclability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the material parameter from traditional metal and plastic combinations to elastomeric material. This material parameter change enables the single-piece construction while maintaining the necessary mechanical properties for reliable fluid dispensing. The elastomeric material provides both structural integrity and sealing capabilities that were previously achieved through multiple specialized components.
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
The device is more cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and easier to assemble, while maintaining effective fluid dispensing functionality.
Implementation Method 1
a deformable portion (11) which, when free of deformation, is bell-shaped, the deformable portion (11) being elastically deformable
Implementation Method 2
a first valve element (4) which intercepts a suction passage (5) of said fluid substance in a compression chamber (6)
Implementation Method 3
a compression chamber (6)
Data Source
AI summary
A device (1) for dispensing a fluid substance (S) having a cup-shaped body (3) equipped, at the bottom (2) thereof, with a first valve element (4) which intercepts a passage (5) for the suction of the fluid substance into a compression chamber (6), a closing element (7) equipped with a window (8), a dispensing button (15), and a shaped element (9) functionally coupled to the dispensing button (15) for the movement thereof into the cup-shaped body (3), the shaped element (9) including a flange portion (10) configured to slide along an internal wall (3A) of the cup-shaped body, a deformable portion (11) extending from the flange portion (10) which is bell-shaped when non-deformed, the deformable portion (11) being elastically deformable, the deformable portion (11) determining, at least together with a part of the cup-shaped body (3), the compression chamber (6).