Frustoconical Inserts for Nested Smoking Shell Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conical smoking shells with thin walls often bend, wrinkle, or become damaged when stored in a nested configuration, reducing their desirability for consumers who prefer to fill pre-formed shells with custom smokable fillers.
Innovation Solution
A storage apparatus featuring a container with frustoconically shaped inserts that support conical smoking shells in a nested condition, providing structural support to prevent damage and maintain the shells' integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If conical smoking shells are stored in a nested configuration to save space, then storage efficiency is improved, but the thin walls of the shells bend, wrinkle, or become damaged
Solution Approach 1:
A rigid cylindrical insert is introduced as an intermediary support structure between the nested conical smoking shells and the storage container. This insert acts as a mediator that provides structural support to the thin-walled shells during storage, preventing them from bending or wrinkling while still allowing the nested configuration to be maintained for space efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the physical state of the support structure by using a rigid cylindrical insert rather than flexible support elements. This parameter change from flexible to rigid support allows the thin-walled conical shells to maintain their structural integrity during nested storage without compromising the space-saving configuration.
2Ease of manufacture
If conical smoking shells with thin walls are used to allow custom filler filling, then ease of manufacture and customization is improved, but the shells become susceptible to damage during storage
Solution Approach 1:
The rigid cylindrical insert serves as a protective intermediary that shields the thin-walled conical shells from damage during storage. This allows the shells to maintain their thin-wall design for easy custom filler filling while the insert prevents storage-related damage such as bending and wrinkling.
Solution Approach 2:
The rigid cylindrical insert is placed in the storage container beforehand to provide cushioning and structural support before the conical smoking shells are stored. This prior cushioning prevents the thin-walled shells from being damaged during storage while preserving their suitability for custom filler filling.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple conical smoking shells are stored nested one inside another, then storage density is improved, but the shells experience increased mechanical stress and deformation
Solution Approach 1:
The rigid cylindrical insert acts as a structural intermediary that distributes mechanical stresses evenly throughout the nested arrangement. This allows multiple conical smoking shells to be stored nested one inside another with high storage density while the insert prevents excessive mechanical stress and deformation on individual shells.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a rigid support structure that changes the mechanical parameters of the storage system. This rigid cylindrical insert provides structural stability that enables higher storage density through nested configuration while resisting the mechanical stresses that would otherwise cause shell deformation.
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AI summary
A conical smoking shell storage apparatus, comprising of a container having a top panel, one or more side walls, an interior and a plurality of lower frustoconically shaped inserts detachable supported in a generally vertical condition and parallel to each other via cooperating upper and lower openings. Multiple nested conical smoking shells can be supported in each of the frustoconically shaped inserts which provide support from bending, wrinkling, or damage to the sidewalls of the nested conical smoking shells with a plurality of upper frustoconically shaped inserts on the top of stack of nested conical smoking shells.