Foldable Pyramidal Dispenser With Resealable Leak Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional disposable dispensers for granular, powdered, or viscous materials are not foldable, require complete depletion of contents, lack resealability, and suffer from leakage and uneven distribution issues, making them inefficient for storage, transportation, and use.
Innovation Solution
A foldable, pyramoidal-shaped dispenser with a resealable design that can be converted between a two-dimensional configuration for storage and a three-dimensional configuration for use, featuring a tamper-indicating seal and multiple dispensing mechanisms for even distribution, allowing for refilling and preventing leakage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If conventional disposable dispensers are made flat packets for storage, then storage efficiency is improved, but they cannot be resealed and require complete depletion of contents
Solution Approach 1:
The dispenser is designed to be dynamically transformable between a flat two-dimensional configuration for storage and a three-dimensional expanded configuration for dispensing. The foldable walls allow the dispenser to change its spatial arrangement, enabling it to be compact when not in use and functional when deployed, while maintaining resealability through the folding mechanism that brings walls together to close openings.
Solution Approach 2:
The dispenser utilizes dimensional transformation by folding flat walls into three-dimensional structures. The side walls and end walls are designed to fold from a flat state into vertical configurations that create enclosed spaces, effectively transitioning from two-dimensional storage to three-dimensional dispensing while maintaining the ability to seal openings through the folding action.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional dispensers use single opening design, then manufacturing is simplified, but material distribution is uneven
Solution Approach 1:
The dispensing end is segmented into multiple openings distributed across the surface, allowing material to exit through multiple points simultaneously. This segmentation of the single opening into multiple smaller openings ensures more uniform distribution of granular, powdered, or viscous materials while maintaining relatively simple manufacturing through molding or punching processes.
3Strength
If conventional dispensers are made rigid for structural integrity, then durability is improved, but storage and transportation bulk is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The dispenser employs dynamic geometry, transitioning from a compact flat configuration during storage to an expanded three-dimensional structure during use. The foldable walls provide structural integrity when expanded while minimizing storage volume when collapsed, eliminating the need for permanently rigid constructions that would increase storage bulk.
Solution Approach 2:
The dispenser walls are designed to nest together in a flat configuration when not in use, with side walls and end walls folding parallel to each other to create a compact packet. This nesting arrangement minimizes storage volume while allowing the structure to expand into a functional three-dimensional form when deployed.
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AI summary
A collapsible dispenser for dispensing various edible and non-edible materials in an industrial or home environment. More particularly, the invention pertains to a foldable and generally pyramoidal-shaped dispenser particularly suited to dispensing granular, powdered or viscous liquid materials and includes a dispenser body having a dispensing end and an interior compartment for receiving and storing various materials. The dispenser body includes a foldable base that may be manually manipulated between a collapsed position closing and sealing a dispensing mechanism and an expanded position opening and unsealing the dispensing mechanism for use.